Becker muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophies are degenerative, X-linked recessive disorders. They are relatively
uncommon, affecting 8 to 10 cases per 100,000 males. The disease is caused by a
mutation in the dystrophin gene, which is responsible for linking actin in the cytoskeleton
to the extracellular matrix in skeletal and cardiac myocytes, the primary organs affected
by the disease. Below is a case presentation of a 13-year-old patient with Becker
muscular dystrophy, confirmed by genetic analysis