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Abstract
A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS.
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- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myodystrophica
- Myodystrophy
- Dystrophies, Muscular
- Dystrophy, Muscular
- Myodystrophicas
- Myodystrophies
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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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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY
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2000(1966)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Muscular Dystrophies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009136. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009136
- Muscular Dystrophies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy
- Muscular Dystrophies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1137767