Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy (atrophy)

Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy (atrophy)
Lan·dou·zy-De·je·rine muscular dystrophy (atrophy) (lah-doo-zeґ dĕ-zhĕ-rēnґ) [L.T.J. Landouzy; Joseph Jules Dejerine, French neurologist, 1849–1917] facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; see under dystrophy.

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