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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, What is Duchenne muscular dystrophy? Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited (genetic) condition which affects the muscles, causing...
Muscular Dystrophy, Other people in the family can also be tested to see if they have a muscular dystrophy gene. Muscular dystrophy cannot be cured but there are various tre...
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, Synonyms: Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy, facioscapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy What is facioscapulohumeral muscular d...
Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy, What is limb-girdle muscular dystrophy? The term limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) refers to a group of rare, inherited disorders wh...
Becker's Muscular Dystrophy, What is muscular dystrophy? The muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a group of inherited disorders characterised by progressive muscle wasti...
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Differential diagnosis Other types of muscular dystrophy - particularly Becker's muscular dystrophy , which is similar but progresses...
Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Primary lateral sclerosis. Muscular dystrophy. Congenital myopathies. Disorders of carbohydrate metabolism ( glycogen storage diseases ). , Sp...
(Aetiology) There are many causes of myopathy, both inherited and acquired. [ 1 ] Inherited myopathies [ 2 , 3 , 4 ] Muscular dystrophies: [ 5 ] eg, Duchenne muscula...
Inability to ventilate adequately due to neurological or muscular disease - for example, myasthenia gravis , Guillain-Barré syndrome , muscular dystrophy.
Rare causes of muscular weakness Genetic conditions affecting muscles Muscular dystrophies : these are inherited diseases which affect muscles. , Hepatitis c Chronic obstru...
The diseases that may resemble late onset Pompe's disease include limb-girdle muscle dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohu...
Abnormalities in muscle tone and power Hypertonia: cerebral palsy , which affects about 1 in 500 children in the UK. [ 3 ] Delayed walking may be the first presentation in milder cases (hemipl...
Risk factors Usually there is nothing in the past medical history to suggest the diagnosis although it has been associated with myotonia congenita and both Duchenne muscular dystrophy a...
Syringomyelia . Muscular dystrophy . Static neurological disorders: Cerebral palsy . Stroke .
Some conditions affecting the nerves such as cerebral palsy , Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy , in which muscles become stiffer and weaker over time. Other causes o...
Infants with hypotonia of peripheral origin (eg, congenital muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophy or congenital myasthenic syndrome) also often have joint contractures.
However, most people with pes cavus also have a neurological problem such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy or polio. Pes cavus can mean that extra stress is placed on the...
For example, it may happen in some people with muscular dystrophy , polio , cerebral palsy , or neurofibromatosis. Each of these conditions has other symptoms and problems in addition to a...
For example: A cousin with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Becker's muscular dystrophy would be very important for a boy who cannot run like his peers.
Differential diagnoses [ 16 ] In GSD affecting muscle, exclude the muscular dystrophies (including Duchenne muscular dystrophy ) and secondary disorders of muscle, including...