Becker myopathy, also known as X-linked recessive myopathy, is a rare genetic disorder that affects the muscles.
This is a form of inherited muscle disease associated with a mutation in the gene responsible for the synthesis of a normal protein called dystrophin, which contributes to the development of muscle diseases.
Becker myopathy is diagnosed in both boys and girls; it occurs in approximately one boy in ten thousand newborns and one girl in one hundred and five thousand newborns. Since the disease is inherited, the first to identify