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A 11-year old child was reported for DMD and there is no deletion was reported in the dystrophin gene. Can the child go for stem cell therapy?

April 26, 2017CELL child deletion dystrophin gene reported stem

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A 11-year old child was reported for DMD and there is no deletion was reported in the dystrophin gene. Can the child go for stem cell therapy?

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Yes. But the immunohistochemical report showed that the child is affected with BMD but not DMD. Since it is BMD no need to fear and stem cell therapy can be used.