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  1. The muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles (Table). They have traditionally been classified by clinical presentation, mode of inheritance, age of onset, and overall progression.

    • Richard M Lovering, Neil C Porter, Robert J Bloch
    • 2005/12
    • 2005
  2. Nov 12, 2020 · For this systematic review we included only RCTs (both parallel-group and cross-over design RCTs) that enrolled patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD), Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD), limb-girdle dystrophy (LD), facio-scapulo-humeral dystrophy (FSHD), and myotonic dystrophy (MyD).

    • Silvia Gianola, Greta Castellini, Valentina Pecoraro, Marco Monticone, Giuseppe Banfi, Lorenzo Moja
    • 10.3389/fneur.2020.00958
    • 2020
    • Front Neurol. 2020; 11: 958.
  3. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an atypical inherited musculoskeletal disorder which shows clinical characteristics of progressive muscular weakness at an early stage and pathologic features of fibrosis and fatty replacement, particularly late in the disease course.

    • Rupam Sinha, Soumyabrata Sarkar, Tanya Khaitan, Soumyajit Dutta
    • 10.4103/2249-4863.222015
    • 2017
    • Jul-Sep 2017
  4. Jan 1, 1996 · Muscular dystrophies are a group of inherited disorders characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness, in which muscle histopathology shows certain distinctive features (muscle fiber...

  5. Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetically inherited degenerative disorders of muscle, sharing clinical features of progressive muscle weakness and dystrophic pathological appearance on muscle biopsy. 1 In a Seminar 2 published in 2013, we reported how a better understanding of the genetic basis and mechanisms underlying these disorders has...

  6. Feb 26, 2024 · Muscular dystrophy is a noncommunicable disorder with numerous variations exhibiting unique patterns of inheritance, onset timing, and rate of muscle degeneration. Distinct alterations in specific genes cause different manifestations of this disease.

  7. Feb 18, 2021 · Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive, muscle-wasting disease. The earliest symptoms are difficulties with climbing stairs, a waddling gate and frequent falls; patients...

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