Muscular Dystrophy : Causes
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The group of diseases called muscular dystrophies (MD) includes many inherited disorders, such as: Becker's muscular dystrophy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; Emery-Dreifuss mus...
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The diagnosis of muscular dystrophy involves a careful medical history and a thorough physical exam to determine the distribution of symptoms and to rule out other causes. Family history may give important clues, since all the muscular dystrophies...
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Several of the muscular dystrophies, including DMD, BMD, CMD, and most forms of LGMD, are due to defects in the genes for a complex of muscle proteins. This complex spans the muscle cell membrane to unite a fibrous network on the interior of the c...
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The diagnosis of muscular dystrophy involves a careful medical history and a thorough physical exam to determine the distribution of symptoms and to rule out other causes. Family history may give important clues, since all the muscular dystrophies...
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Several of the muscular dystrophies, including DMD, BMD, CMD, and most forms of LGMD, are due to defects in the genes for a complex of muscle proteins. This complex spans the muscle cell membrane to unite a fibrous network on the interior of the c...
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The diagnosis of muscular dystrophy is made with a physical examination and diagnostic testing by the child's physician. During the examination, the child's physician obtains a complete prenatal and birth history and asks if other family members a...
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All of the muscular dystrophies are marked by muscle weakness as the major symptom. The distribution of symptoms, age of onset, and progression are significantly different. Pain is sometimes a symptom of each, usually due to the effects of weaknes...
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It is common knowledge that a person's appearance -- height, hair color, skin color, and eye color -- are determined by genes . Mental abilities and natural talents are also affected by heredity, as is the susceptibility to acquire certain diseases. An inherited, abnormal trait (anomaly) may: Have no consequence to a person's health or well being -- for example, a white patch of hair or an extended ear lobe. Be of minor consequence -- for example, color blindness . Have dramatic effect on the quality or length of life. For most genetic disorders, genetic counseling is advised. Many people may also want to seek prenatal diagnosis. The terms anomaly, abnormality, disorder, defect, disease, and syndrome are not used consistently, and do not have precise definitions.
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