Muscular dystrophies

Introduction: Muscular dystrophies

Description of Muscular dystrophies

Muscular dystrophies (medical condition): An inherited disorder involving muscle wasting and weakness in the...more »

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Scapuloperoneal myopathy:
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Muscular dystrophies: A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS.
Source: MeSH 2007

Muscular dystrophies: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Muscular dystrophies:

• Muscular
• Muscular diseases
• Muscular pain (956 causes)

Muscular dystrophies: Rare Disease

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

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

Muscular dystrophies as a Disease

Muscular dystrophies: Another name for Scapuloperoneal myopathy (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Scapuloperoneal myopathy
  »Symptoms of Scapuloperoneal myopathy

Muscular dystrophies: Related Diseases

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

• Genetic conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Lower limb conditions
• Shoulder conditions
• Limb conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions

Symptoms of Muscular dystrophies (Scapuloperoneal myopathy)

Some of the symptoms of Muscular dystrophies incude:

• Foot drop
• Clubfoot
• Atrophy of lower leg muscles
• Atrophy of shoulder muscles
• Leg weakness

See full list of 6 symptoms of Muscular dystrophies (Scapuloperoneal myopathy)

Muscular dystrophies: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Muscular dystrophies:

• inherited disorder
• muscle wasting of shoulder and lower legs
• myopathy

Terms associated with Muscular dystrophies:

Terms Similar to Muscular dystrophies:

• Myopathy, scapuloperoneal
• SPMD
• Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy
• Scapuloperoneal syndrome, myopathic type
• Scapuloperoneal myopathy

Source - NIH

• Muscular Dystrophy

Source - MeSH 2007

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Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Muscular dystrophies:

• Glycogen Storage Disease Type VII
• Myotonic Dystrophy
• Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
• Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
• Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
• Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
• Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle
• Distal Myopathies

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Muscular dystrophies

• Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
• Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Muscular dystrophies

The following list attempts to classify Muscular dystrophies into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Muscular Diseases
    • Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
      • Muscular Dystrophies

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Nervous System Diseases
  • Neuromuscular Diseases
    • Muscular Diseases
      • Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
        • Muscular Dystrophies

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn
    • Muscular Dystrophies

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