Etymology

Becker muscular dystrophy

Today it means: benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy: an X-linked recessive inherited dystrophinopathy characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis Full definition →

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The story

Named after Peter Emil Becker, German doctor who published an article about it in 1955.

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