Noun: Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
- The most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males)
"The young boy showed classic signs of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy with enlarged calf muscles";
- pseudohypertrophic dystrophy
Type of: dystrophy, muscular dystrophy
Encyclopedia: Duchenne's muscular dystrophy