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Neonatal rhabdomyolysis as a presentation of muscular dystrophy
G N Breningstall1, W D Grover, S Barbera
1Department of Pediatrics, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA.
Neurology
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report a unique presentation of X-linked recessive dystrophy as neonatal rhabdomyolysis. There was induration of the proximal musculature in an otherwise well neonate and striking CK elevation, without myoglobinuria. Muscle biopsy at age 1 year showed dystrophic alterations, and X chromosome analysis showed a deletion within or adjacent to the Duchenne/Becker locus.