By what age do most patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy die?

a. 10 years
b. 20 years
c. 35 years
d. 50 years


ANS: B
Death generally occurs by 20 years of age, as a result of complications of declining respiratory muscle strength and subsequent infection.

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