Clinical description- the disorder is caused by a mutation in the dystrophin gene, the largest gene located on the human x

Symptoms usually appear in male children before age 6 and maybe visible in early infancy. Symptoms include fatigue,learning difficulties,intellectual disability,muscle weakness and progressive difficulty of walking.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs one in 3600 boys which is somewhat rare

Some minor types of duchenne muscular dystrophy can progress very slowly over a normal lifespan. Somebody with a major type only lives up to 18-20 years of age.

There is no cure for duchenne muscular dystrophy. Treatment aimes to CONTROL symptoms to improve quality of life. There are doctors who are currently trying to find a cure but no one has found one yet.