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  2. Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common type of muscular dystrophy, [3] with a median life expectancy of 27–31 years. [5] [11] However, with comprehensive care, some individuals may live into their 30s or 40s. [3] Duchenne muscular dystrophy is considerably rarer in females, occurring in approximately one in 50,000,000 live female ...

  3. Muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia

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    Becker muscular dystrophy: 300376: DMD: XR: Childhood Distal limbs progressing to generalised weakness A less severe variant of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, [13] affects predominantly boys. Congenital muscular dystrophy: Multiple Multiple AD, AR: At birth Generalised weakness Symptoms include general muscle weakness and possible joint deformities.

  4. Neuromuscular disease - Wikipedia

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    Muscular dystrophies, including Duchenne's and Becker's, are a large group of diseases, many of them hereditary or resulting from genetic mutations, where the muscle integrity is disrupted, they lead to progressive loss of strength and decreased life span. [17] Further causes of neuromuscular diseases are: Polymyositis. Inflammatory muscle ...

  5. List of neuromuscular disorders - Wikipedia

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    Distal muscular dystrophy, also called distal myopathy, is essentially any muscle disease that preferentially affects the hands and/or feet, a much less common pattern than proximal muscle weakness. Late adult-onset type 1; Late adult-onset type 2a; Late adult-onset type 2b; Early adult-onset type 1; Early adult-onset type 2; Early adult-onset ...

  6. Glycerol kinase deficiency - Wikipedia

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    These tend to be the only symptoms, if any, present in adult GKD which has been found to present with fewer symptoms than infant or juvenile GKD. [4] When GKD is accompanied by Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita, also caused by mutations on the Xp21 chromosome, [5] the symptoms can become much more severe. Symptoms ...

  7. Progressive muscular atrophy - Wikipedia

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    Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), also called Duchenne–Aran disease and Duchenne–Aran muscular atrophy, is a disorder characterised by the degeneration of lower motor neurons, resulting in generalised, progressive loss of muscle function.

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