Muscular dystrophy is diagnosed using several tests. These may include: Muscle biopsy. A small piece of muscle tissue is removed and examined to confirm the diagnosis or rule out another muscle ...

Muscular dystrophy (MD) represents a group of inherited muscle disorders that primarily cause muscle weakness and muscle wasting, though some types of the disease also present with other ...

We hypothesize that Duchenne muscular dystrophy and autism spectrum disorder/pervasive developmental disorder co-occur with a greater than random frequency. In this study, we set out to reject the ...

Certain muscular dystrophies are also known to affect organs other than skeletal muscle, including the heart. The rate of progression of the muscular dystrophies depends on the type of dystrophy.

What Is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Muscular dystrophies are a ... your child might have other symptoms, including: The muscle problems can cause cramps at times, but in general, DMD isn ...

People with certain mutations in the gene coding for dysferlin develop muscular dystrophy—a group of muscle wasting diseases that affect thousands around the world. Professor Simone Spuler and ...

Researchers at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint institution of the Max Delbrück Center and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, have developed a promising gene-editing ...

A new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Muscle & Nerve shows that full-spectrum cannabidiol (CBD) oil may help treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Conducted by researchers at the ...