To increase body height and muscle strength - one medicine for two diseases? Case report of a boy with Silver-Russell syndrome and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

The coexistence of 2 genetic diseases can mutually modify their course. We describe the case of a 10-year-old boy with Sliver-Russell syndrome (SRS) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The patient's short stature, which is part of the clinical picture of both diseases, has been additionally aggravated by the steroid therapy, which is necessary to delay the progression of DMD.