Dystrophy
Of genetic disease. May also be referred to as muscular dystrophy.
Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles.
This concept's ID is @1~71311
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- Becker muscular dystrophy
A form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood...
- Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
The most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X-linked...
- distal muscular dystrophy
A form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age...
- limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
An autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere...
- oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
A form of muscular dystrophy that usually begins between early...
- myotonic muscular dystrophy
A severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and...