Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive allelic disorder characterized by a lack of functional dystrophin protein, which leads to progressive impairment of ambulatory, pulmonary, and cardiac function and is invariably fatal. A related, albeit a less severe, form of muscular dystrophy known as Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is characterize...
Casimersen is indicated for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in patients confirmed to have a DMD gene mutation amenable to exon 45 skipping. This indication represents an accelerated approval based on observed efficacy; continued approval for this indication may be contingent on the verification of safety and efficacy in a confirmatory tria...
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli, Milano, Italy
UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Corporate Center Suite 540, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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