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 The prognosis for muscular dystrophy depends on the type and severity of symptoms

 However, most individuals do lose the ability to walk and eventually require a wheelchair

 Life expectancy is reduced if there is pulmonary dysfunction and/or cardiac involvement

 In most cases, the patients die at the end of adolescence or at the start of adulthood, as the consequence of pneumonia or cardiopulmonary failure