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Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders that involve progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 10, 2006

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Muscular Dystrophy
A category of inherited, incurable, and often life-threatening diseases in which the limb and trunk muscles deteriorate. The major types of muscular dystrophy (MD) are Duchenne, limb-girdle, facioscapulohumeral (FSH), Becker, and myotonic.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophies (MD) are inherited disorders characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles which control movement, without a central or peripheral nerve abnormality. The muscles of the heart and other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of MD, and a few forms involve other organs as well.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is the name for a group of inherited disorders in which strength and muscle bulk gradually decline. Nine types of muscular dystrophies are generally recognized.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
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