Diseases

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

An autosomal dominant degenerative muscle disease characterized by slowly progressive weakness of the muscles of the face, upper-arm, and shoulder girdle. The onset of symptoms usually occurs in the first or second decade of life. Affected individuals usually present with impairment of upper extremity elevation. This tends to be followed by facial weakness, primarily involving the orbicularis oris and orbicularis oculi muscles. (Neuromuscul Disord 1997;7(1):55-62; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1420)

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An autosomal dominant degenerative muscle disease characterized by slowly progressive weakness of the muscles of the face, upper-arm, and shoulder girdle. The onset of symptoms usually occurs in the first or second decade of life. Affected individuals usually present with impairment of upper extremity elevation. This tends to be followed by facial weakness, primarily involving the orbicularis oris and orbicularis oculi muscles. (Neuromuscul Disord 1997;7(1):55-62; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1420)

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  • FSH Muscular Dystrophy
  • Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy
  • Facioscapulohumeral Atrophy
  • Facioscapulohumeral Type Progressive Muscular Dystrophy
  • Facioscapuloperoneal Muscular Dystrophy
  • Landouzy-Dejerine Dystrophy
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Landouzy Dejerine
  • Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral Type
  • Atrophies, Facioscapulohumeral
  • Atrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
  • Dystrophies, Facioscapulohumeral Muscular
  • Dystrophies, Landouzy-Dejerine
  • Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral Muscular
  • Dystrophy, Landouzy-Dejerine
  • Facioscapulohumeral Atrophies
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophies
  • Landouzy Dejerine Dystrophy
  • Landouzy-Dejerine Dystrophies
  • Muscular Dystrophies, Facioscapulohumeral

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Muscular Dystrophies (1966-1999)

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  1. C05w.651w.534.500w.400w
  2. C10w.668w.491w.175.500w.400w
  3. C16w.320w.577w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020391. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020391
  2. Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facioscapulohumeral_muscular_dystrophy
  3. Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1399182