Mesh term Muscular Dystrophies
Browse to parent terms:Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
Description
A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS.Browse to child terms:
Distal Myopathies
Glycogen Storage Disease Type VII
Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
Myotonic Dystrophy
Walker-Warburg Syndrome
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