Muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of muscle diseases that causes increasing weakening and breakdown of skeletal muscles over time. Many people will eventually become unable to walk. Some types are also associated with problems in other organs.

The most common type is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), which typically affects males beginning around the age of four. There is no cure for muscular dystrophy.^[1]^[2]

Muscular Dystrophy Media

A leg brace worn on the left foot with ankle hinge

References

↑ "NINDS Muscular Dystrophy Information Page". NINDS. March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
↑ Sun, LiuQing; Shen, DingGuo; Xiong, Ting; Zhou, Zhibin; Lu, Xianghui; Cui, Fang (2020-05-01). "Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy due to GMPPB mutations: A case report and comprehensive literature review". Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 20 (2): 275–280. doi:10.17305/bjbms.2019.3992. ISSN 1840-4812. PMC 7202191. PMID 30684953.

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[NIH2016-1] "NINDS Muscular Dystrophy Information Page". NINDS. March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

[2] Sun, LiuQing; Shen, DingGuo; Xiong, Ting; Zhou, Zhibin; Lu, Xianghui; Cui, Fang (2020-05-01). "Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy due to GMPPB mutations: A case report and comprehensive literature review". Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 20 (2): 275–280. doi:10.17305/bjbms.2019.3992. ISSN 1840-4812. PMC 7202191. PMID 30684953.

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