Benefits of glucocorticoids in non-ambulant boys/men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A multicentric longitudinal study using the Performance of Upper Limb test

Benefits of glucocorticoids in non-ambulant boys/men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A multicentric longitudinal study using the Performance of Upper Limb test

•The paper reports the effect of steroids on upper limb function in non ambulant DMD boys.•Boys continuing steroids after loss of ambulation perform better than those who stopped at the time of loss of ambulation.•The Performance of Upper Limb test can reliably capture change over time and the effec...

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Main Authors: Pane, Marika, Fanelli, Lavinia, Mazzone, Elena Stacy, Olivieri, Giorgia, D'Amico, Adele, Messina, Sonia, Scutifero, Marianna, Battini, Roberta, Petillo, Roberta, Frosini, Silvia, Sivo, Serena, Vita, Gian Luca, Bruno, Claudio, Mongini, Tiziana, Pegoraro, Elena, De Sanctis, Roberto, Gardani, Alice, Berardinelli, Angela, Lanzillotta, Valentina, Carlesi, Adelina, Viggiano, Emanuela, Cavallaro, Filippo, Sframeli, Maria, Bello, Luca, Barp, Andrea, Bianco, Flaviana, Bonfiglio, Serena, Rolle, Enrica, Palermo, Concetta, D'Angelo, Grazia, Pini, Antonella, Iotti, Elena, Gorni, Ksenija, Baranello, Giovanni, Bertini, Enrico, Politano, Luisa, Sormani, Maria Pia, Mercuri, Eugenio
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Pergamon Press 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597096/

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