Name Muscular Pain Disorder
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Resources - muscular dystrophy
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The following organizations are good resources for information on
- Muscular Dystrophy Association - www.mdausa.org
- Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation - www.mdff.org
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/md/md.htm
- Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy - www.parentprojectmd.org
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Muscular dystrophy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited disorders that involve muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue, which get worse over time. ... Read more »
Muscular Dystrophy
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
There is no single disease called muscular dystrophy. The term designates a group of hereditary muscle-destroying disorders that vary in inheritance... Read more »
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (Landouzy-Dejerine)
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue.See also: Muscular dystrophyAlternative... Read more »
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that involves rapidly worsening muscle weakness.Alternative NamesPseudohypertrophic muscular... Read more »
Becker's muscular dystrophy
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Becker muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that involves slowly worsening muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis.Alternative NamesBenign... Read more »
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