Facts Sheets

There are 8 major muscular dystrophies. They are a group of muscle disorders which have three features in common: they are hereditary; they are progressive, and each produces a characteristic selective pattern of weakness of muscle. Click on the links for more detailed information on each disorder or alternatively download one of the following PDF's.

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (PDF)
• Duchenne and Becker Types (PDF)
• FSH Muscular Dystrophy (PDF)
• Friedreich's Ataxia (PDF)
• Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (PDF)
• Myasthenia Gravis (PDF)
• Myotonic Dystrophy (PDF)
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (PDF)

 

• Genetics and Neuromuscular Disorders (PDF)
• Inflammatory Myopathies (PDF)
• Later Onset (PDF)
• Metabolic Diseases of Muscle (PDF)
• Motor Neurone Disease (PDF)
• Myopathies (PDF)
• Rare Muscular Dystrophies (PDF)

 

• All Facts Sheets Combined (PDF - 5MB)

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