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Becker muscular dystrophy

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Beck·er muscular dystrophy (bkr)
n.
A form of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy that is less severe than Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, in which patients remain ambulatory and usually live until the third or fourth decade.
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)
A type of muscular dystrophy that affects older boys and men, and usually follows a milder course than DMD.
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90),[85] however, have been shown for trained examiners for 18 upper- and lower-extremity muscle groups in children with Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy.
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