Outcome of Long-Term Corticosteroid Treatment in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Abstract

The clinical orthopedic effects of chronic daily corticosteroid treatment were evaluated by chart review in boys with genetically confirmed Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) followed at the Ohio State University Muscular Dystrophy Clinic between 2000 and 2003.

Keywords

• corticosteroid treatment
• duchenne muscular dystrophy
• deflazacort