[A benign variant of the course of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a child with short stature].

The authors describe a case of a benign variety of progressive Duchenne type muscular dystrophy in a 8-year-old short-stature boy. Provide the electromyographic and electroneuromyographic data, measurements of the growth hormone in blood serum and osseous age. Make suggestions about coupled inheritance of progressive Duchenne type muscular dystrophy and short stature . The latter one is likely to be attended by a decrease of anabolic processes, which may determine a more benign course of the myodystrophic process.