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Muscular Dystrophy/duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Case Study #3: Muscular Dystrophy/Duchenne Muscular DystrophyDefinitionsMuscular Dystrophy refers to a group of diseases in which there is a weakening and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. In normal, non-dystrophic muscle tissue multipotent myosatellite cells can replace worn or damaged myocytes. However in dystrophic muscle the genetic mutations prevent the replacement.