There are over 40 different types Of Muscular Dystrophy. Chances are you know someone who has a form of these neuro-muscular diseases. Feel free to post your own stories, ideas, advice, etc...
DYSTROPHIES:
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
(Also known as Pseudohypertrophic)
Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)
Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD)
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSH or FSHD)
(Also known as Landouzy-Dejerine)
Myotonic Dystrophy (MMD)
(Also known as Steinert Disease)
Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD)
Distal Muscular Dystrophy (DD) (Miyoshi)
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD)
MOTOR NEURON DISEASES:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
(Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 (SMA1, Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2 (SMA2)
Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 (SMA3, Kugelberg-Welander Disease)
Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy (SBMA)
(Also known as Kennedy Disease and X-Linked SBMA)
METABOLIC DISEASES OF MUSCLE:
Phosphorylase Deficiency (MPD or PYGM)
(Also known as McArdle Disease)
Acid Maltase Deficiency (AMD)
(Also known as Pompe Disease)
Phosphofructokinase Deficiency
(Also known as Tarui Disease)
Debrancher Enzyme Deficiency (DBD)
(Also known as Cori or Forbes Disease)
Mitochondrial Myopathy (MITO)
Carnitine Deficiency (CD)
Carnitine Palmityl Transferase Deficiency (CPT)
Phosphoglycerate Kinase Deficiency
Phosphoglycerate Mutase Deficiency
Lactate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Myoadenylate Deaminase Deficiency
DISEASES OF PERIPHERAL NERVE:
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
(Also known as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN) or Peroneal Muscular Atrophy (PMA)
Friedreich's Ataxia (FA)
Dejerine-Sottas Disease (DS)
(chromosome 19 recessive form can be called CMT4F)
INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES:
Dermatomyositis (DM)
Polymyositis (PM)
Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM)
DISEASES OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION:
Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome (LES)
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (CMS)
MYOPATHIES DUE TO ENDOCRINE ABNORMALITIES:
Hyperthyroid Myopathy (HYPTM)
Hypothyroid Myopathy (HYPOTM)
OTHER MYOPATHIES:
Myotonia Congenita (MC)
(Two forms: Thomsen and Becker Disease)
Paramyotonia Congenita (PC)
Central Core Disease (CCD)
Nemaline Myopathy (NM)
Myotubular Myopathy/Centronuclear Myopathy (MTM or CNM)
Periodic Paralysis (PP)
(Two forms: Hypokalemic and Hyperkalemic)
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