Diseases

X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy associated with mutations on emerin (EMD gene) or four and a half LIM domains 1 (FHL1 gene) both located on X chromosome.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy associated with mutations on emerin (EMD gene) or four and a half LIM domains 1 (FHL1 gene) both located on X chromosome.

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Synonyms

23 entry terms
  • Benign Scapuloperoneal Muscular Dystrophy with Early Contractures
  • Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X-Linked
  • Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X Linked
  • X Linked Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
  • X-Linked Scapuloperoneal Syndrome
  • EDMD1
  • Emerinopathy
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 1
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 1, X-Linked
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 6
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 6, X-Linked
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, 1
  • Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, X-Linked
  • Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, X-Linked
  • Myopathy, X-Linked, With Postural Muscle Atrophy
  • XMPMA
  • Emerinopathies
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 1
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 1, X Linked
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 6
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 6, X Linked
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, 1
  • Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, X Linked

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, 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, veterinary, virology.

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2021

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000083143. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000083143
  2. X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43261065