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pseudohypertrophic muscular atrophy — pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy … Medical dictionary
muscular dystrophy — n any of a group of hereditary diseases characterized by progressive wasting of muscles called also progressive muscular dystrophy see BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY * * * a group of muscl … Medical dictionary
Duchenne muscular dystrophy — The best known form of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a genetic error in a gene on the X chromosome that prevents the production of dystrophin, a normal protein in muscle. DMD affects boys and, very rarely,… … Medical dictionary
Duchenne muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells … Wikipedia
muscular dystrophy — noun any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑dystrophy • Hypernyms: ↑genetic disease, ↑genetic disorder, ↑genetic abnormality, ↑genetic defect … Useful english dictionary
Becker's muscular dystrophy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 1280 ICD10 = ICD10|G|71|0|g|70 ICD9 = ICD9|359.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 000706 eMedicineSubj = pmr eMedicineTopic = 14 MeshID = Becker s muscular dystrophy (also known as Benign… … Wikipedia
muscular dystrophy — A group of diseases characterized by progressive degeneration and/or loss of muscle fibres without nervous system involvement. All or nearly all of them have a hereditary origin but details of the type of genetic defect and of the prognosis for… … Dictionary of molecular biology
pseudohypertrophic muscular paralysis — see under dystrophy … Medical dictionary
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy — noun the most common form of muscular dystrophy; inheritance is X linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) • Syn: ↑pseudohypertrophic dystrophy • Hypernyms: ↑muscular dystrophy, ↑dystrophy * * * noun see duchenne muscular… … Useful english dictionary
dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism … Medical dictionary
