Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in France
- AFM-TéléthonFrench patient association for people with neuromuscular diseases, including myasthenia gravis, SMA and Duchenne; member of EuMGA, SMA Europe and WDO.All of France
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in France and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Duchenne muscular dystrophy to compare with. Family and friends can help.