Muscular Dystrophy

Definition

• A group on non inflamatory inheritted disorders with progressive degeneration & weakness of skeletal muscle without apparent cause in the PNS or CNS

Classification of Muscular Dystrophy

• Sex Linked
  • Duchene Muscular Dystrophy
  • Becker Muscular Dystrophy
  • Emery – Dreyfuss Muscular Dystrophy
• Autosomal Recessive
  • Limb girdle
  • Infantile fascioscapulothoracic
• Autosomal Dominant
  • Fascioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
  • Distal
  • Ocular
  • Ocular pharangeal