A new guideline recommends guidance on how doctors should evaluate the full picture—from symptoms, family history and ethnicity to a physical exam and certain lab test results—in order to determine ...

A new guideline for the diagnosis and management of patients with limb-girdle or distal muscular dystrophies has been issued by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Association of ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited muscle disorders characterised by gradually increasing weakness and degeneration of the muscles that control voluntary bodily movement. The most common type, ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of conditions that damage and weaken your muscles over time. Symptoms, age of onset, and outlook depend on the type of muscular dystrophy you have. Muscular dystrophy ...

Chris Anselmo was living a pretty normal life—he had just graduated from Northeastern University in 2008 and was starting at his first job out of college at a financial services firm. One day, he ...

Description: There are various forms of Muscular Dystrophy, including Becker, Congenital, Duchenne, Distal, Emery-Dreifuss, Facioscapulohumeral, Limb-Girdle, Myotonic and Oculopharyngeal. These are ...

Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of hereditary illnesses affecting both children and adults, with at least 30 different genes responsible for the disease development. These conditions ...

MINNEAPOLIS – A new guideline from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) recommends guidance on how doctors should ...

Guidance on how doctors should evaluate symptoms, family history and ethnicity, conduct a physical exam and certain lab tests in order to determine what genetic tests may best diagnose a person's ...

Muscular dystrophies represent a group of inherited primary diseases of muscle, characterized by muscle fiber degeneration and muscle weakness. Classification of these conditions has traditionally ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited muscle disorders characterised by degeneration of muscles that control voluntary bodily movement. Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited muscle disorders ...