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Tag: muscular dystrophy

Members from the Pediatric Muscular Dystrophy Clinic gather around patient Xander and his dad, Coulter Little.
Virginia’s 1st Certified Duchenne Care Center
12/12/2018

Our Children’s Hospital has been named a Certified Duchenne Care Center by Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, a nonproft organization working to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We're the first Certified Duchenne Care Center in Virginia and the 22nd in the country.

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We’re Out to Save Boys From Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
2/28/2017

I want to share a video with you. It's about our new effort to figure out how to beat Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Duchenne robs boys of their ability to move and ultimately kills them at a young age. We know what causes the condition, but, frustratingly, promising treatments consistently fail.…

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