TY - JOUR AU - Machado, Darlene L. AU - Silva, Elaine C. AU - Resende, Maria B. D. AU - Carvalho, Celso R. F. AU - Zanoteli, Edmar AU - Reed, Umbertina C. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/08/13 TI - Lung function monitoring in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy on steroid therapy JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 435 VL - 5 IS - 1 AB - Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a sex-linked inherited muscle disease characterized by a progressive loss in muscle strength and respiratory muscle involvement. After 12 years of age, lung function declines at a rate of 6 % to 10.7 % per year in patients with DMD. Steroid therapy has been proposed to delay the loss of motor function and also the respiratory involvement. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-435 DO - 10.1186/1756-0500-5-435 ID - Machado2012 ER -