Acute Myocardial Injury in a Child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Pulse Steroid Therapy?

Heart implication in Duchenne muscular dystrophy usually is present in the form of dilated cardiomyopathy, manifested as heart failure and arrhythmias. To delay progression, including heart deterioration, prednisone is recommended as preventive treatment. We report the case of an 11-year-old boy dia...

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Published in:Maedica (Bucur)
Main Authors: CINTEZA, Eliza, STOICESCU, Claudiu, BUTOIANU, Niculina, BALGRADEAN, Mihaela, NICOLESCU, Alin, ANGRÉS, Matthias
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: TARUS MEDIA 2017
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5706757/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29218065
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