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Muscular Dystrophy eMedicine Orthopedics

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Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1259041-overview

Description: Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a collective group of inherited noninflammatory but progressive muscle disorders without a central or peripheral nerve abnormality. The disease affects the muscles with definite fiber degeneration but without evidence of morphologic aberrations.
Synonyms and related keywords: MD, dystrophinopathies, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Duchenne MD, Becker muscular dystrophy, Becker MD, dystrophin defects, Gower sign, Gower's sign, progressive muscle weakness, proximal muscle weakness, PTC124, PTC-124
Twee Do, MD 2007

Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: Twee Do, MD
Institution: eMedicine
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Language: English

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Added: Mon Apr 07 2008
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