There is also a slightly elevated creatine kinase level in females carrying a DMD disease allele.
McDaniel, DMD is board certified with the ABDSM and he works with the Snoring and Sleep Apnea Treatment Center in Wauwatosa.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which affects young boys, causing progressive muscle weakness, usually beginning in the legs.
Several of the muscular dystrophies, including DMD, BMD, CMD, and most forms of LGMD, are due to defects in the genes for a complex of muscle proteins.
Both DMD and BMD are caused by flaws in the gene for the protein called dystrophin.
