Breathe Duchenne: what natural history studies tell us about the progression of pulmonary morbidity in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

“When you can't breathe, nothing else matters”. This is not just a tagline used by the American Lung Association to raise awareness and save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. It resembles the clear and present danger faced by patients with progressive neuromuscular diseases.