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==History== In the 1860s, descriptions of boys who grew progressively weaker, lost the ability to walk, and died at an early age became more prominent in medical journals. In the following decade,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Laing |first1=Nigel G |last2=Davis |first2=Mark R |last3=Bayley |first3=Klair |last4=Fletcher |first4=Sue |last5=Wilton |first5=Steve D |title=Molecular Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Past, Present and Future in Relation to Implementing Therapies |journal=The Clinical Biochemist Reviews |date=2011 |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=129β134 |pmid=21912442 |pmc=3157948 }}</ref> French neurologist [[Guillaume Duchenne]] gave a comprehensive account of the most common and severe form of the disease, which now carries his name β Duchenne MD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/patient-caregiver-education/hope-through-research/muscular-dystrophy-hope-through-research|title=Muscular Dystrophy: Hope Through Research|date=23 March 2020|website=[[National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke]]|access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>
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