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Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue that get worse over time.Many diseases called muscular dystrophies(MD) are inherited disorders, such as:.Symptoms vary with the different types of mu...
Source:ADAM
Date:December 17, 2008
A category of inherited, incurable, and often life-threatening diseases in which the limb and trunk muscles deteriorate.The major types of muscular dystrophy(MD) are Duchenne, limb-girdle, facioscapulohumeral(FSH), Becker, and myotonic. In the Uni...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD): DMD affects young boys, causing pr...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD), which affects young boys, causing ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Muscular dystrophies(MD) are inherited disorders characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles which control movement, without a central or peripheral nerve abnormality. The muscles of the heart and ot...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD): DMD affects young boys, causing pr...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
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