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Suffolk sets Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy week
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By Vinessa Manfre
On May 12th, County Legis. Jon Cooper (D-Lloyd Harbor) presented a proclamation to Centerport resident Dylan Thompson, a 15-year-old student at Harborfields High School who was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) when he was five years old.
This is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in childhood, affecting approximately one in every 3,500...
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