Muscular dystrophies

• What is muscular dystrophy?


  Group of inherited genetic disorders

  Characterised by the progressive degeneration & weakening of the body's muscles

  Most common = Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), Becker muscular dystrophy
• What are the different types of muscular dystrophy?

  Duchenne's

  Beckers

  Myotonic

  Facioscapulohumeral

  Oculopharyngeal

  Limb-girdle

  Emery-Dreifuss