Becker syndrome is a milder form of this disease, whose symptoms include spinal deformity and res-piratory weakness.
Becker syndrome is a milder form of this disease, whose symptoms include spinal deformity and res-piratory weakness. Caused by various mutations like deletions and point mutations at intron splice sites, most patients are wheel- chair bound as teens and die by their 20s. A large protein that links actin filaments together and tethers this network to the membrane glycoprotein complex is rendered defective for muscle contractions. FTP name this X-linked disorder caused by defect of dystrophin, a type of muscular dystrophy.
Becker syndrome is a milder form of this disease, whose symptoms include spinal deformity and res-piratory weakness.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (or DMD)