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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.0 ICD 9 359.1 … Wikipedia
Muscular Dystrophy Association — The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating… … 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
Muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.0 ICD 9 359.0 … Wikipedia
Distal muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.0 ICD 9 359.1 … Wikipedia
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
Muscular Dystrophy Canada — (MDC) (French: Dystrophie musculaire Canada) is a non profit organization that strives to find a cure for neuromuscular disorders. Founded in 1954 as Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada, volunteers and staff nation wide have helped to… … Wikipedia
muscular dystrophy — Pathol. a hereditary disease characterized by gradual wasting of the muscles with replacement by scar tissue and fat, sometimes also affecting the heart. [1865 70] * * * Inherited disease that causes progressive weakness in the skeletal (and… … Universalium
Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance Research and Education Amendments of 2001 — MDCC redirects here. It is also the roman numeral for 1700. The Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance Research and Education Amendments of 2001 ( MD CARE Act , Pub.L. 107 84, H.R. 717, 115 Stat. 823, enacted December 18, 2001)… … Wikipedia
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy — a group of disorders characterized by progressive weakness and wasting in the pelvic girdle (pelvifemoral muscular dystrophy) or shoulder girdle (scapulohumeral muscular dystrophy). It occurs in various subtypes, some of which are of autosomal… … Medical dictionary
