title: Delay in Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
abstract: Investigators from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, retrospectively reviewed 179 records of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) evaluated between 1989 and 2012. Diagnosis was confirmed by genetic testing or muscle biopsy, and clinical data were complete in 107 patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
authors.forename: Vamshi K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Nancy L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Kuntz
keywords: Developmental Delay; Diagnosis; Muscular Dystrophy