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Muscular Dystrophy
"A group of genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of
muscle"
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
- most common
- ages 2-3
- legs, then cardiovascular
Becker muscular dystrophy
- 5 and 15
- slower progression
- pelvis
- muscle weakness in heart
Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
- adulthood
- shoulders and hips
- dependent on age of onset
Duchenne and Becker: Genetic Mutation in the
dystrophin gene and Dystrophin Glycoprotein complex •
Duchenne is ____ and becker is _____ %