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Muscular Dystrophy
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Overviews
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Treatment
- Coping
- Disease Management
- Specific Conditions
- Related Issues
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- Clinical Trials
- Genetics
- Research
- Organizations
- Children
- Teenagers
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Muscular Dystrophy (MD) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
Overviews
- Overviews
- Major Characteristics of the Nine (9) Muscular Dystrophies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Muscular Dystrophy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Muscular Dystrophy - Du Chenne
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Accurate and Affordable Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Creatine Kinase Test (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocities (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Muscle Biopsies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Steroids / Nutritional Supplements / Antibiotics (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
Coping
- Coping
- 101 Hints to "Help-with-Ease" for Patients with Neuromuscular Disease (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Learning to Live with Neuromuscular Disease: A Message for Parents (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Parents & Family: Connecting with Your Son Who Has Duchenne MD (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
Disease Management
- Disease Management
- Physical Therapy (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Distal Muscular Dystrophy (DD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) (Also Known as Pseudohypertrophic) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSH or FSHD) (Also known as Landouzy-Dejerine) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Myotonic Dystrophy (DM) (Also known as Steinert's Disease) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Rare Muscular Dystrophies: Congenital, Distal, Emery-Dreifuss and Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Also available in: Spanish
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Frequently Asked Questions about the Use of Splints and Bracing (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
- Frequently Asked Questions about Wheelchairs (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
- Parents & Family: Daily Life with Duchenne MD (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
- Seating Requirements for Young Men with DMD (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
Newsletters/Print Publications
- Newsletters/Print Publications
- Quest (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Muscular Dystrophies (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne (National Institutes of Health)
Genetics
- Genetics
- Genetics Home Reference: Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker types (National Library of Medicine)
- Genetics Home Reference: Myotonic dystrophy (National Library of Medicine)
- Genes and Disease: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Genes and Disease: Myotonic Dystrophy (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Research
- Research
- Exercise is Safe and Beneficial for People with Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (American Academy of Neurology)
- Gene Therapy Reaches All Damaged Muscles in Muscular Dystrophy Mouse (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- MDA Research Advances Rapidly (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- New Gene Therapy Vector May Lead to Treatment for Muscular Dystrophy (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Protein May Hold Key to Repair of Damaged Muscles (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
- Scientists Come Step Closer to New Muscular Dystrophy Treatment (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Organizations
- Organizations
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
Also available in: Spanish - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Also available in: Spanish - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research
Children
- Children
- Breathe Easy: Respiratory Care for Children with Muscular Dystrophy (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
- Everybody's Different Nobody's Perfect (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
Also available in: Spanish - Meaning of Muscular Dystrophy (Nemours Foundation)