Duchenne muscular dystrophy is inheritance of:: (A) Autosomal dominant, (B) Autosomal recessive, (C) X-linked recessive, (D) X-linked dominant
Answer is C. (X-linked-recessive) (1060-CMDT-2007) (399-400-H17th)INHERITANCE-MYOPATHIC DISORDERS* X-linked recessive - Duchenne, Becker's Emery Dreifuss muscular dystrophies* Autosomal recessive - Limb - girdle (Erb's)* Autosomal dominant - Facioscapulohumeral, distal, ocular, oculopharyngeal, Myotonic dystrophy.