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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Motivated These Parents to Start the Romito Foundation

Post author:Erica Zahn
Post published:April 21, 2017
Post category:Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Rare Disease Timely

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affects approximately 15,000 to 20,000 young boys in the US, but for the Richard and Jamie Romito family, those numbers mean nothing. All three of their sons…

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