Guided Case Study
Muscle Malady

1) What symptoms is Rahul experiencing?

2) Describe 2 purposes of the blood test that was ordered.

3) What is the function of dystrophin and how is it altered by DMD?

4) Knowing the inheritance pattern of DMD, what can you predict about Rahul's family histors?

5) Assuming that Rahul lives until aduithood, he could have children. Show a Punnett Square illustrating the likelihood of Rahul passing this mutation on if he marries a woman with two normal X chromosomes.

6) What treatments are suggested for DMD?