A case report of Becker's musculer dystrophy presenting with autistic symptoms İlk tanisi otizm olan bir Becker musküler distrofisi olgusu

Başgül Ş. S., Saltik S.

Dusunen Adam, vol.25, no.1, pp.74-77, 2012 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.5350/dajpn2012250110
  • Journal Name: Dusunen Adam
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.74-77
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Becker's muscular dystrophy is a hereditary chronic progressive muscle disease. It is reported that the incidence of autism, a developmental neuropsychiatric disorder in the hereditary muscle diseases is higher than in the normal population. In this paper, a 4 years 3 months old male patient who was diagnosed with autistic symptoms when he was 20-months old and diagnosed with Becker's muscular dystrophy when he was 3-years-old, is presented.