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Meanings of muscular dystrophy in English

Portuguese
distrofia
Catalan
distròfia muscular
Spanish
distrofia muscular

Any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles.

distrofia
Portuguese
distrofia muscular
Spanish
distrofia muscular
Catalan
distròfia muscular

Diseases that weaken the body's muscles.

distrofia muscular
Usage of muscular dystrophy in English
1
Protein-replacement therapy offers a promising approach for the treatment of muscular dystrophy.
Pubmed
2
The company is studying Iplex as a potential treatment for muscular dystrophy.
Reuters
3
Muscle hypertrophy and muscle weakness are well known in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Pubmed
4
On March twenty-fourth Marshall was at a muscular dystrophy fund-raiser in Summerville.
Break No Bones
5
We present here the first prenatal diagnosis in beta-sarcoglycan muscular dystrophy.
Pubmed
6
Patients with muscular dystrophy have abnormal cardiac function and decreased high-energy phosphate metabolism.
Pubmed
7
The offspring had both muscular dystrophy and high levels of PGC-1alpha.
Wired
8
They range from color blindness to autism, muscular dystrophy to leukemia and hemophilia.
Wired
9
Allelic mutations in these genes might also cause milder limb-girdle muscular dystrophy phenotypes.
Pubmed
10
However, cardiomyopathy is rarely the predominant clinical feature of this form of muscular dystrophy.
Pubmed
11
Stevens, who also has muscular dystrophy, said the condition was tough to live with.
The Guardian
12
It is the most severe form of muscular dystrophy and normally affects only boys.
The Irish Times
13
Robert Rivard, the boy cured of muscular dystrophy in St. Louis, led the list.
Revival
14
But Mr Dowd has muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair.
The Irish Times
15
They also point to impaired regeneration as a possible factor in development of muscular dystrophy.
Pubmed
16
A cross-sectional study was implemented with a case series of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Pubmed
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