There isn't any original content here... However, I think that you will find my selection of links, a good guide to find what you are looking for.
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| MD and Me! is a page about Muscular Dystrophy and the resources for people with MD on the Internet. There isn't any original content here... However, I think that you will find my selection of links, a good guide to find what you are looking for.
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Duchenne's (DMD) is characterized by progressive muscle degeneration, loss of the ability to walk, often the loss of lung or cardiac function, and frequently early death. DMD is due to a mutation on the X-chromosome, which means it is an inherited X-linked trait. As a result, only boys are usually affected. More info...
Limb Girdle (LGMD) usually develops in late childhood to middle age with weakness and wasting affecting shoulder and pelvic girdles first. LGMD progresses slowly with heart and circulation complications often occurring in later stages of the disease. More info...
Becker (BMD) is caused by a fault in a particular gene, carried on the X chromosome, leads to the formation of a faulty protein in muscle fibres. This protein, called dystrophin, is absent or severely abnormal in Duchenne md. In Becker md, a milder fault makes the dystrophin molecule smaller (or occasionally larger) or less abundant than normal. More info...
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