limb-girdle dystrophy

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• Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.0 ICD 9 359.1 …   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

• limb-girdle muscular dystrophy — noun an autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy that appears anywhere from late childhood to middle age; characterized by progressive muscular weakness beginning either in the shoulder or pelvic girdle; usually progresses slowly with… …   Useful english dictionary

• Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle — A form of muscular dystrophy that begins in the patient’s teens or twenties, starting with progressive weakness in the hips or shoulders. A wheelchair is usually needed within 20 years. Limb girdle MD can be caused by any of several genetic… …   Medical dictionary

• dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism …   Medical dictionary

• Dystrophy, muscular — One of a group of genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal or voluntary muscles which control movement. The muscles of the heart and some other involuntary muscles are also affected in some forms of… …   Medical dictionary

• 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

• pelvifemoral muscular dystrophy — limb girdle muscular dystrophy affecting primarily the pelvic girdle …   Medical dictionary

• scapulohumeral muscular dystrophy — limb girdle muscular dystrophy affecting primarily the shoulder girdle …   Medical dictionary

• Leyden-Mцbius muscular dystrophy — limb girdle muscular d …   Medical dictionary

• Muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.0 ICD 9 359.0 …   Wikipedia