41. Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Information about muscular dystrophy. Detailed information about duchenne, beckerand many other neuromuscular conditions. Large text version of site http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/

About us News About your condition Research ... Community Get Acrobat for pdf downloads Accessibility Print Home Donate Sitemap Contact The Disabled Facilities Grant Get your MP to sign the Early Day Motion Research Find out about the latest research About us The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is the only UK charity focusing on all muscular dystrophies and allied disorders. It has pioneered the search for treatments and cures for over 40 years and provides practical, medical and emotional support to people affected by the condition. More about us Shortcuts: select a condition Becker muscular dystrophy Central core disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease/HMSN Congenital fibre disproportion myopathy Congenital muscular dystrophy Congenital myotonic dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy FSH (Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy) Inclusion body myositis Juvenile dermatomyositis Limb girdle muscular dystrophy Manifesting carriers McArdle's disease Metabolic disorders Minicore (multicore) myopathy Mitochondrial myopathy Myasthenia Gravis Myopathies Myositis Ossificans Progressiva (MOP) Myotonic dystrophy Myotubular or centronuclear myopathy Nemaline myopathy Ocular myopathies Periodic paralysis Polymyositis and dermatomyositis The myotonias Our new website is kindly sponsored by The Somerfield Group.

42. Muscular Dystrophy Campaign About the muscular Dystrophy Campaign who we are and what we do. http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/about_us/

About us Contact Us Get involved MDC structure Regions ... Community Accessibility Print Home Donate Sitemap Contact About us The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign is the only UK charity focussing on all muscular dystrophies and allied disorders. We have pioneered the search for treatments and cures for over 40 years. We also provide practical, medical and emotional support for people affected by the conditions. Click here for a general introduction about neuromuscular conditions: Introduction to neuromuscular conditions What we do - care and support As a charity, we provide people who have neuromuscular conditions, and their families, with information and advice about their condition and ways in which living with it can be made easier. We fund (with some contribution from the NHS) 13 MDC Care Advisors who are based in clinics around the country. They are on hand to give advice and support to people who are affected by neuromuscular conditions. The Joseph Patrick Trust, which is part of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, provides part funding towards the cost of equipment. Care and support What we do - research We also fund and monitor research into neuromuscular conditions and provide research updates and reviews about recent developments.

43. NINDS Forwarding Page muscular Dystrophy (MD) information sheet compiled by the National Institute ofNeurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/md.htm

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44. Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee (MDCC): National Institute Of Neurolog The muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of The MDCC has met three times and has developed a muscular Dystrophy http://www.ninds.nih.gov/find_people/groups/mdcc/

Accessible version Science for the Brain The nation's leading supporter of biomedical research on disorders of the brain and nervous system At NINDS NINDS Staff Advisory Council Labs at NINDS Groups at NINDS Government Other NIH Institutes Government Resources Other related groups Organizations Professional Societies Search NINDS... (help) Contact Us My Privacy NINDS is part of the National Institutes of Health You are here: Home Find People Groups at NINDS Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Commmittee Muscular Dystrophy Coordinating Committee (MDCC) Get Web page suited for printing Email this to a friend or colleague Table of Contents MDCC Roster Bios of MDCC Members MDCC Charter MDCC December 1, 2004 Meeting Minutes ... Upcoming Meetings Muscular Dystrophy Research and Education Plan for the National Institutes of Health PDF MDCC Roster Alexander, Duane F., M.D. Director National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health Bertram, Colonel Kenneth, M.D., Ph.D., FACP Director Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs US Army Research and Materiel Command Department of Defense Decker, Donavon R.

45. Muscular Dystrophy Association - Australia Extensive information on the range of disorders, research information and manylinks to onsite publications. Also provides an international support network http://www.mda.org.au/

46. Muscular Dystrophy Canada | Dystrophie Musculaire Canada - - National voluntary agency committed to eliminating neuromuscular disorders. http://www.mdac.ca/

english français Muscular Dystrophy Canada is a bilingual organization organisme bilingue This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher) or Firefox , at 800x600 resolution

47. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Muscular Dystrophy Symptoms vary with the different types of muscular dystrophy. Some types, suchas Duchenne muscular dystrophy, are ultimately fatal while other types have http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001190.htm

@import url(/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Medical Encyclopedia Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Muscular dystrophy Contents of this page: Illustrations Alternative names Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors ... Prevention Illustrations Superficial anterior muscles Alternative names Return to top Inherited myopathy; MD Definition Return to top Muscular dystrophy is a group of disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top The group of diseases called muscular dystrophies (MD) includes many inherited disorders such as: Becker's muscular dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy limb-girdle muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy myotonic dystrophy myotonia congenita These disorders are distinguished from each other by the type of inheritance (sex-linked, dominant gene, recessive gene), the age when symptoms appear, and the types of symptoms that develop. Because these are inherited disorders, risks include a family history of muscular dystrophy. Lambert-Eaton syndrome and myasthenia gravis also have symptoms that may be similar to early stages of some types of muscular dystrophies, so these disorders must be ruled out when muscular dystrophies are diagnosed.

48. Muscular Dystrophy / Family Village Library Hello and welcome to The muscular Dystrophy Forum , an on line support groupfor those European Alliance of muscular Dystrophy Associations (EAMDA) http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_md.htm

Muscular Dystrophy Who to Contact Where to Go to Chat with Others Learn More About It Web Sites ... Search Google for "Muscular Dystrophy" Who to Contact Muscular Dystrophy Association 3300 E. Sunrise Drive Tucson, Arizona, USA 85718 Email: mda@mdausa.org Web: http://www.mdausa.org/ MDA fights forty neuromuscular diseases through a worldwide research effort, a nationwide program of medical services, and professional and public health education. MDA's Medical Advisory and Scientific Advisory committees review projects that will increase knowledge in the neuromuscular field and may lead to treatments or cures for muscular dystrophy and related disorders. MDA's Task force studies all aspects of genetic defects implicated directly or indirectly in neuromuscular diseases. Their patient services program provides comprehensive medical services to children and adults with neuromuscular diseases. MDA clinics provide diagnosis and follow-up care from specialists. Through local chapters MDA patients receive many other direct services, including assistance with purchase and repair of wheelchairs, recreation at summer camps, and selected transportation assistance. MDA publishes and distributes a wide variety of print and audiovisual materials to promote public understanding and provide information to parents and caregivers of MDA patients. They offer a quarterly newsletter, MDA Reports, a publication "Quest" , and a booklet for siblings, "Hey! I'm Here Too!"

49. Muscular Dystrophy - MayoClinic.com muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease resulting in progressive weakness ofmany of the body s muscles. Medications and therapy can slow its http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00200

50. Muscular Dystrophy Penn State Hershey Medical Center provides world class care and services to patients. http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/m/musculardystrophy.htm

51. Muscular Dystrophy / Atrophy links to muscular dystrophy / atrophy and other genetic support groups. http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/muscular.html

Muscular Dystrophy / Atrophy Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (pseudo- hypertrophic) Becker Muscular Dystrophy Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (Landouzy-Dejerine) Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (including Juvenile Dystrophy of Erb) Ophthalmoplegic Muscular Dystrophy Distal Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy of Late Onset Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert's Disease) Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Myotonias: Myotonia Congenita (Thomsen's Disease), Paramyotonia Congenital Metabolic Disease of Muscle: Phosphorylase Deficiency (McArdle's Disease), Acid Maltase Deficiency (Pompe's Disease), Phosphofructokinase Deficiency (Tarul's Disease), Debrancher Enzyme Deficiency (Con's or Forbe's Disease), Carnitine Deficiency, Carnitine Polmityltransferase Deficiency, Periodic Paralysis. Less Common Myopathies: Central Core Disease, Nemoline Myopathy, Mitochondrial Disease, Myotubular Myopathy, ldiopathic Myopathy, Malignant Hyperthermia (Hyperprexia). Disorders of the Motor Neurone: Spinal Muscular Atrophies: Motor Neurone Disease Infantile Progressive Spinal Muscular Atrophy (Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease), Juvenile Progressive Muscular Atrophy (Kugelberg- Welander Disease)

52. Calpain-3 Limbgirdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD-2A, MIM 253600) is an autosomalrecessive neuromuscular disorder. LGMD-2A is characterized mainly by http://www.dmd.nl/capn3_home.html

Leiden Muscular Dystrophy pages Calpain-3 (CAPN3) (last modified September 26, 2004) Contents Summary The calpain-3 gene summary table The calpain-3 mRNA calpain expression The calpain-3 protein calpain antibodies Calpain-3 and disease: sequence variations : variations and polymorphisms C alpain-3 function animal models Miscellaneous DNA-primers RNA-primers calpain-3 sequences Summary The calpain-3 gene Links to other databases: Gene Symbol nomenclature Locus Link db OMIM Gene Map GDB The human calpain-3 gene ( Gene Symbol , alias p94) localizes to chromosome 15q15.1-15.3 and has 24 exons spanning some 53 kb of DNA. The gene is exceptional by having many rather small exons; 10 exons are only 58-86 bp, while exons 12, 15 and 14 are even smaller, 12, 18 and 37 bp resp. Most introns vary in size between 0.2-2.6 kb. Exceptional are introns 18 and 20, measuring below 100 bp, and intron 1, with a size of 24.3 kb covering about half of the gene. Markers around the gene include D5S514, D5S779, CAPN3, D5S782, D5S780 and D5S778. Exon Exon size (bp) Intron size (kb) 5' cDNA position Splice after Remarks 5' UTR / 309 bp coding .. / 3' UTR Legend: Intron sizes were derived from GenBank files and , containing the human CAPN3 cDNA and genomic sequences respectively.

53. BUBL LINK: Muscular Dystrophy Includes Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, muscular dystrophy point mutationdatabases, Also features the muscular Dystrophy Ireland magazine. http://bubl.ac.uk/link/m/musculardystrophy.htm

BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources Home Search Subject Menus Countries ... Z Muscular dystrophy Titles Descriptions Ask NOAH About: Muscular Dystrophy Human Neurological Diseases International Myotonic Dystrophy Organization Leiden Muscular Dystrophy Data ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Comments: bubl@bubl.ac.uk Ask NOAH About: Muscular Dystrophy Collection of resources about muscular dystrophy including information about genetics, carriers, prenatal diagnosis, specific types of the disorder, and care and treatment. Provides a newsletter and magazine which contain the latest news and research findings in the area. Also available in Spanish. Author: NOAH: New York Online Access to Health Subjects: muscular dystrophy DeweyClass: Resource type: documents Human Neurological Diseases Extensive searchable and browsable index of neurological diseases. Author: Busis, Neil Subjects: addiction, alzheimer's disease, anxiety disorders, autism, blindness, cerebral palsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, down syndrome, dyslexia, eating disorders, epilepsy, infectious diseases, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, neurology, pain, parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, sleep, stress, tourette syndrome DeweyClass: Resource type: index International Myotonic Dystrophy Organization US based group offering information about Myotonic and Congenital Myotonic Dystrophies, two variants of muscular dystrophy. Articles are presented within sections, and deal with sleeping problems and energy levels, heart problems, genetic information, personality and psychological changes, promising therapies, and disease management, to name a few.

54. Muscular Dystrophy muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of rare inherited muscle diseases in which In the late stages of muscular dystrophy, fat and connective tissue often http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00200.html

International Edition MEMBER SERVICES The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Autos SERVICES Video E-mail Newsletters Your E-mail Alerts RSS ... Contact Us SEARCH Web CNN.com In association with: CHILDREN'S HEALTH Birth Defects Muscular dystrophy Huntington's disease INFORMATION CENTERS: Pick a category Health Centers Family Health Men's Health Women's Health Children's Health Seniors' Health Working Life Pain Management Condition Centers Immune System Allergy Alzheimer's Arthritis Respiratory System Cancer Endocrine System Digestive System Heart and Blood Infectious Disease Mental Health Note: All links within content go to MayoClinic.com Diseases and Conditions Muscular dystrophy From MayoClinic.com Special to CNN.com Overview Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a group of rare inherited muscle diseases in which muscle fibers are unusually susceptible to damage. Muscles, primarily your voluntary muscles, become progressively weaker. In the late stages of muscular dystrophy, fat and connective tissue often replace muscle fibers. In some types of muscular dystrophy, heart muscles, other involuntary muscles and other organs are affected. Nine major types of muscular dystrophy occur. The most common muscular dystrophies appear to be due to a genetic deficiency of the muscle protein dystrophin.

55. EMedicine - Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy : Article By Glenn Lopate, MD EmeryDreifuss muscular Dystrophy - Although it was probably first described inthe early 1900s, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) was not clearly http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic513.htm

(advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Neurology Pediatric Neurology Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Last Updated: April 11, 2005 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: EDMD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies, nuclear envelope protein, emerin, EMD1, EMD2, lamin, lamin A/C, nesprins, F-actin, EMD gene, LMNA gene, cardiomyopathy, sudden cardiac death, hereditary myopathy, cardiac disease, bradycardia, rhythm disturbances, atrial cardiac conduction defects, syncope, contractures, pulmonary failure, heart failure AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Glenn Lopate, MD , Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Division of Neuromuscular Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine; Chief of Neurology, St Louis ConnectCare Glenn Lopate, MD, is a member of the following medical societies:

56. EMedicine - Becker Muscular Dystrophy : Article By Benjamin R Mandac, MD Becker muscular Dystrophy Becker and Kiener initially described Becker musculardystrophy (BMD) in 1955. BMD is an inherited disease with a male http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic14.htm

(advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Muscular Dystrophy Becker Muscular Dystrophy Last Updated: September 1, 2004 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: BMD, muscular dystrophy, X-linked dystrophinopathy, childhood muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 10 Author Information Introduction Clinical Differentials ... Bibliography Author: Benjamin R Mandac, MD , Medical Director Pediatric Rehabilitation, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Benjamin R Mandac, MD, is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , and American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine Editor(s): Elizabeth A Moberg-Wolff, MD

57. THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 14, Ch. 184, Muscular Disorders Facioscapulohumeral (LandouzyDejerine) muscular dystrophy is an autosomal In limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, weakness develops in a limb girdle and http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section14/chapter184/184a.jsp

58. Types Of Muscular Dystrophy - Nervous System Diseases A look at Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and other typesof muscular dystrophy as well as other neuromuscular diseases. http://www.umm.edu/nervous/musctype.htm

Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Disorders... Alzheimer's Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ... Index Nervous System Diseases Types of Muscular Dystrophy and Neuromuscular Diseases What are the types of Muscular Dystrophy? Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited diseases that are characterized by weakness and wasting away of muscle tissue, with or without the breakdown of nerve tissue. There are nine types of muscular dystrophy, but in each type there is an eventual loss of strength, increasing disability, and possible deformity. The most well known of the muscular dystrophies is Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) , followed by Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) . They cause similar patterns of weakness and disability and are inherited in the same way, although weakness and disability are more severe in DMD. Becker dystrophy is often classified as a less severe form of Duchenne dystrophy. They both are due to defects of the same gene, the normal function of which is to enable muscle fibers to make a particular chemical substance, a protein called dystrophin . Muscle fibers in people affected with DMD are extremely deficient in dystrophin, but in BMD the deficiency is less severe.

59. ► Muscular Dystrophy A medical encycopedia article on the topic muscular dystrophy. http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001190.htm

var MenuLinkedBy='AllWebMenus [2]', awmBN='530'; awmAltUrl=''; Disease Nutrition Surgery Symptoms Injury ... Z Maryland Medical Center Programs Home Medical Reference Encyclopedia (English) Toggle English Spanish Muscular dystrophy Overview Symptoms Treatment Prevention Definition: A group of disorders characterized by progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle tissue. Alternative Names: Inherited myopathy; MD Causes, incidence, and risk factors: The group of diseases called muscular dystrophies (MD) includes many inherited disorders such as: Becker's muscular dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy limb-girdle muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy myotonic dystrophy myotonia congenita These disorders are distinguished from each other by the type of inheritance (sex-linked, dominant gene , recessive gene ), the age when symptoms appear, and the types of symptoms that develop. Because these are inherited disorders, risks include a family history of muscular dystrophy. Lambert-Eaton syndrome and myasthenia gravis also have symptoms that may be similar to early stages of some types of muscular dystrophies, so these disorders must be ruled out when muscular dystrophies are diagnosed.

60. Muscular Dystrophy muscular dystrophy is an inherited disease, usually affecting boys, In muscleeye-brain disease and Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, http://www.rds-online.org.uk/pages/page.asp?i_ToolbarID=3&i_PageID=142

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