Beckers 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 Beckers muscular dystrophy when he was 3-years-old, is presented.
Key words: Beckers muscular dystrophy, autism, neuropsychiatric disorder.
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