Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hamper locomotion. Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. In the 1860s, descriptions of boys who grew progressively weaker, lost the ability ...
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hereditary disease that causes progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles. Of the several types of muscular dystrophy, the more ... [7 related articles]
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A group of inherited diseases in which muscle fibers are abnormal and undergo atrophy. Most develop in early life or adolescence. Duchenne dystrophy occurs in males although the genes for it are carried by females. It starts in early life and some swelling (pseudohypertrophy) of calf and other mus...
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Muscular dystrophy is a disease of unknown origin which leads to progressive muscular deterioration and wasting, usually in childhood.
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A group of diseases characterised by progressive degeneration and/or loss of muscle fibres without nervous system involvement. All or nearly all of them have a hereditary origin but details of the type of genetic defect and of the prognosis for the disease vary from type to type. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy) i...
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a group of genetically determined, painless, degenerative myopathies that are progressively crippling because muscles are gradually weakened and eventually atrophy. Some types are disabling in childhood, and others are never totally disabling; some can be arrested temporarily. The most common types are the pseudohypertrophic, f...
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A group of diseases characterized by progressive degeneration and/or loss of muscle fibres without nervous system involvement. All or nearly all of them have a hereditary origin but details of the type of genetic defect and of the prognosis for the disease vary from type to type. Duchenne MD (pseudohypertrophic MD) is the most common form. It is due to a sex-linked recessive allele and this is expressed as an absence of the protein dystrophin; the disease in boys shows extensive but insufficient muscle fibre reformation from satellite cells.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a general term for a number of hereditary, progressive degenerative disorders affecting skeletal muscles, and often other organ systems. Synonyms: myodystrophy, myodystrophia
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Muscular dystrophy: One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles which control movement. The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of muscular dystrophy, and a few forms involve other organs as well. The major forms of...
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Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease characterised by progressive deterioration and wasting of the muscle fibres, resulting in a difficulty in walking.
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It is a hereditary disease which progressively damages muscle fibres and eventually destroys them.
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n] - any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
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muscular dystrophy A group of chronic muscle diseases of genetic or unknown origin that cause irreversible muscle deterioration and my result in complete incapacitation.
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Group of disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue. More common in people with autism.
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a rare genetic disorder in which muscles degenerate gradually and strength is lost
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noun any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles
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Any of a group of inherited chronic muscle disorders marked by weakening and wasting of muscle. Muscle fibres degenerate, to be replaced by fatty tissue, although the nerve supply remains unimpaired. Death occurs in early adult life. The commonest form, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, strikes boys (1 in 3,000), usually before the age of four. The chil...
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a hereditary disease characterized by gradual wasting of the muscles with replacement by scar tissue and fat, sometimes also affecting the heart.
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A group of degenerative disorders of muscle resulting in atrophy and weakness.
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