Do Any Types Of Muscular Dystrophy Affect The Myelin Sheathing?
There is no single disease called
Muscular dystrophy is a term used to describe a number of inherited disorders characterized by progressive
The most common and severe type is Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (MD), in which a genetic defect leads to the formation of an abnormal...
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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies
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