Muscular Dystrophy Intro

all living things to move. Incidentally, there are many small things that can go

wrong, causing debilitating problems. A person with a neuromuscular disorder can

be robbed of his ability to do anything from ambulating to swallowing. One such

genre of these conditions is muscular dystrophy. This group is composed of

several genetic and hereditary myopathies that are characterized by loss of

muscle mass and progressive muscle weakness. Muscular dystrophies affect about

one in every three thousand male births. The most common and severe of these

conditions is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, on which this discussion will

The word dystrophy is derived from both Greek and Latin roots and means "faulty

They are caused by defects in genes for muscle proteins that help to support the

causing weakness and wasting of shoulder, upper arm, and shin muscles, and very

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy appears during the time between late childhood

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