by: Link Integrated Healthcare Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) — a group of conditions that affects your peripheral nerves — can make everyday tasks both painful and difficult. If you or a loved […]
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Signs and Symptoms – Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
Signs and Symptoms The pattern of muscle loss in BMD usually begins with the hips and pelvic area, the thighs, and the shoulders. To compensate for weakening muscles, a person […]
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
What is Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)? Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) is a group of genetic conditions that affect the nerves connecting the brain and spinal cord to the rest of the body. […]
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Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD)
What is limb-girdle muscular dystrophy?A diagram of which muscles are affected in LGMD. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is a diverse group of disorders with many subtypes categorized by disease gene […]
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Friedreich’s Ataxia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA) is a rare, inherited, autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects the nervous system, causing progressive damage to the spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and cerebellum, leading to impaired muscle coordination […]
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What’s the Difference Between ALS and Muscular Dystrophy?
ALS and muscular dystrophy both lead to progressive muscle weakness and have no cure. But despite these similarities, they have many differences in other symptoms, causes, and treatment. Amyotrophic lateral […]
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HUMAN MUSCLE SYSTEM
human muscle system, the muscles of the human body that work the skeletal system, that are under voluntary control, and that are concerned with movement, posture, and balance. Broadly considered, […]
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Muscle Diseases: The Muscular Dystrophies
Elizabeth M. McNally and Peter PytelDepartment of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Chicago,Illinois 60637; email: emcnally@medicine.bsd.uchicago.eduDepartment of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637;email: Peter.Pytel@uchospitals.edu Link of original […]
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