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   What is Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy?

   • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that affects the joints, muscles, and heart. Joint symptoms tend to present in childhood and involve contractures of the elbows, ankles, and neck. By adulthood, most people with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy develop heart problems, such as conduction defects and arrhythmias.

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   How do I get a diagnosis of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy?

   • Take steps toward getting a diagnosis by working with your doctor, finding the right specialists, and coordinating medical care. Find symptoms and other information about Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.

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   Can Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy be cured?

   • There’s no cure for the condition, but it’s possible to manage symptoms. If you live with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, working with a care team is crucial for managing symptoms and ensuring good quality of life. Living with a progressive degenerative disease like this one can be overwhelming.

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   Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is caused by genetic changes in the EMD and LMNA genes. It can be inherited in an X-linked, autosomal dominant, or autosomal recessive fashion. Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that affects the joints, muscles, and heart.

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   Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy ( EDMD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of heritable diseases that cause progressive impairment of muscles. EDMD affects muscles used for movement ( skeletal muscles ), causing atrophy, weakness and contractures.

   • Complications: Heart failure
   • Usual onset: First or second decade

   • Symptoms: Joint contractures, muscle weakness, heart issues

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   Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is one of nine types of muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic, degenerative diseases primarily affecting voluntary muscles. It is named for Alan Emery and Fritz Dreifuss, physicians who first described the disorder among a Virginia family in the 1960s.

5. medlineplus.gov › genetics › conditionEmery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy: MedlinePlus Genetics

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   Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that primarily affects muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles) and the heart (cardiac muscle). Among the earliest features of this disorder are joint deformities called contractures. Contractures restrict the movement of certain joints, most often the elbows, ankles, and neck, and usually ...

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   May 20, 2015 · Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare, often slowly progressive genetic disorder affecting the muscles of the arms, legs, face, neck, spine and heart. The disorder consists of the clinical triad of weakness and degeneration (atrophy) of certain muscles, joints that are fixed in a flexed or extended position (contractures), and ...

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   Feb 14, 2024 · The main symptoms of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy include: Muscle weakness, often in the arms and legs. Muscle wasting (the muscles shrink) Contractures (hardening of muscles that causes joint rigidity and deformity) Heart issues. Symptom severity can vary significantly and isn’t the same for everyone with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.