Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare hereditary disease that is associated with progressive muscle wasting. The ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs when that gene fails ... These may include: Muscle biopsy. A small piece of muscle tissue is removed and examined to confirm the diagnosis or rule out another ...

Muscle biopsy is a minor surgical procedure that involves making an incision in the skin to obtain a few small pieces of the underlying muscle for detailed histologic, histochemical, or biochemical ...