muscular dystrophy
diseases that weaken the body's muscles
Limb girdle syndrome
type of medical ailments
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
neuromuscular disease characterized by rapidly progressive muscle weakness and wasting due to degeneration of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle
congenital muscular dystrophy
human disease
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy
Human disease
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
muscular dystrophy characterized by weakening of the muscles of the hip and shoulders which comprise the limb girdle muscles
Becker muscular dystrophy
X-linked recessive inherited disorder characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis
distal muscular dystrophy
group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscular atrophy and muscle weakness beginning in the hands, the legs, or the feet