DMD

Introduction: DMD

Description of DMD

DMD (medical condition): A genetic recessive disease that affects muscles causing progressive and degenerative muscle weakness. It is caused by a mutation in ...more

DMD: See also:

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy:
  »Introduction: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  »Symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  »Treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

DMD: An X-linked recessive muscle disease caused by an inability to synthesize DYSTROPHIN, which is involved with maintaining the integrity of the sarcolemma. Muscle fibers undergo a process that features degeneration and regeneration. Clinical manifestations include proximal weakness in the first few years of life, pseudohypertrophy, cardiomyopathy (see MYOCARDIAL DISEASES), and an increased incidence of impaired mentation. Becker muscular dystrophy is a closely related condition featuring a later onset of disease (usually adolescence) and a slowly progressive course. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1415)
Source: Diseases Database

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DMD: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

DMD is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that DMD, or a subtype of DMD, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

DMD as a Disease

DMD: Another name for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  »Symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  »Treatments for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

DMD: Related Diseases

DMD: DMD is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Muscular Dystrophy
• Genetic Disease
• Recessive Genetic Diseases
• X-linked Genetic Diseases
• X-linked Recessive Genetic Diseases
• Carrier conditions
• Degenerative conditions
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Genetic conditions
• Movement conditions
• Child health conditions
• Limb conditions

Symptoms of DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy)

Some of the symptoms of DMD incude:

• Gait problems
• Waddling gait
• Falls
• Difficulty standing up
• Difficulting climbing stairs

See full list of 25 symptoms of DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy)

Treatments for DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy)

Treatments for DMD (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) include:

• Supportive treatments
• Physiotherapy
• Massage
• Orthopedic supports
• Prednisone

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Treatment of DMD: For more treatment information about DMD, see treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

DMD: Article Excerpts about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of a group of muscular dystrophies characterized by the...(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

DMD: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to DMD:

• dystrophinopathies
• congenital muscular dystrophy
• congenital MD
• limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
• Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
• Emery-Dreifuss MD
• dystrophin defects
• Gower sign
• Gower's sign
• progressive muscle weakness
• proximal muscle weakness

Terms associated with DMD:

Terms Similar to DMD:

• Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Source: Diseases Database

• Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne
• Muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic progressive, Duchenne type
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Source - NIH

External links related to: DMD

• OMIM - MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE TYPE; DMD
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy - General Practice Notebook
• Glucocorticoid corticosteroids for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Dystrophinopathies : Article by David J Altman, MD
• GeneReviews: Dystrophinopathies
• Search Jablonski's Syndromes Database

Source: Diseases Database

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