Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A)is an X-linked recessive disorder.
B)affects about one in 3,500 boys.
C)inevitably results in death by age 25.
D)results from an abnormal structural protein in muscle cells.
E)fits all of these descriptions.

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive disorder that affects about one in 3,500 boys. It inevitably results in death by age 25 and is caused by an abnormal structural protein in muscle cells.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy