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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS
Volume 15, Issue -, Pages 128-134Publisher
INT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, INC
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.890078
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Stem Cell Transplantation; Autologous Bone Marrow Mono Nuclear Cells Electromyography; Muscular Dystrophy; Duchenne-congenital
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Objective: Congenital defects/diseases Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal, genetic, progressive, degenerating muscle disorder. Current treatment options are palliative. Newer options of cellular therapy promise to alter the disease process. Preclinical studies have successfully tested myogenic, neurogenic potential and dystrophin expression of bone marrow mononuclear cells. Case Report: We treated a 9-year-old boy suffering from DMD with serial autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantations followed by multidisciplinary rehabilitation. Brooke-Vignos score was 10 and he was wheelchairbound. Over 36 months, gradual progressive improvement was noticed in muscle strength, ambulation with assistive devices, fine motor movements, Brooke-Vignos score, and functional independence measure score. Nine months after the transplantation, electromyography findings showed development of new normal motor unit potentials of the vastus medialis muscle. Conclusions: Magnetic resonance imaging scan of musculoskeletal systems showed no increase in fatty infiltration. This case report provides early investigative findings or the restorative effects of cellular therapy in DMD.
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