Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy (MMD) is a disease genetically based and inherited from one generation to the next. Such disease is also known as dystrophia mytonica and Steinert¡¦s disease. This genetic defect was an unusual one that ascended from the unknown and shook the scientific community in the early 1990s. Unlike other types of dystrophy‚ MMD often doesn¡¦t appear to be a problem until adulthood and is characterized by myotonia‚ a delayed relaxation of the muscles after contraction. It is a form
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1 A Genetic Disease: Muscular Dystrophy Genetic Disease Page 2 Abstract Muscular Dystrophy is an inherited disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and loss of
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Manny Santistevan February 26‚ 2013 Period 5 Going Further Research Paper- Muscular Dystrophy (MD) Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a term that applies to a group of hereditary muscle-destroying disorders. According to the Muscular Dystrophy Association‚ in 2006 some type of MD affected approximately one million Americans. Each type of the disease is caused by defects in the genes that play important roles in the growth and development of muscles. In MD the proteins produced by the faulty genes are
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Muscular Dystrophy‚the progressive loss and weakness of muscle‚is a muscular disorder first described in the 1860’s by a french neurologist .The term Muscular Dystrophy encompasses any type of dystrophy of muscles‚about nine different types.The most common type is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy which makes up approximately half of muscular dystrophy cases. Muscular Dystrophy is most present in boys‚but girls may also carry the gene‚although they usually show no symptoms.In 2007‚ it was revealed that
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A CASE OF LIMB-GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY FOR TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY: ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) refers to a genetically heterogeneous group of muscular dystrophies that present with weakness mainly involving the shoulder and hip girdles.1 LGMD has a predominantly proximal distribution of weakness which early in the course of the disease spares distal‚ facial‚ & extra ocular muscles. Most childhood onset cases have a pelvifemoral distribution
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Mda.orgs goal is to disseminate information about Muscular Dystrophy in an effort to help people and families struggling with it‚ raise awareness and money‚ and educate people on the realities of this disease. The website provides many portals to different aspects about the disease. For instance; when you first are brought to the page the first options you see in the upper dashboard are links to “About us‚” “Neuromuscular Diseases‚” “Services‚” “Research‚” “Get Involved‚” “Blog‚” and “Donate”. The
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Becker Muscular Dystrophy Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD) is a genetic disorder that typically appears with gradual muscle weakness. This condition is caused by mutations of a gene named Dystrophin. In this case‚ a 9-year-old boy with BMD also became diagnosed with epilepsy and dysgnosia. This young boy presented a relatively long history of episodic epileptic seizures. Compared to his peer group‚ his growth and development milestones were delayed. By the age of 14 months‚ he could run and walk
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similarities and differences?The therapies for both DMD and ALS are similar in the fact that they help to prolong the individual’s function and quality of life. The corticosteroids‚ after load reduction‚ and stretching exercises for Duchene’s Muscular Dystrophy increase muscle strength. The NPPV is used when diaphragm muscles become weak to 1. let the patient rest‚ keeping them from going into respiratory failure and 2. work
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Muscle Dystrophy and relation to Dystrophin Muscle dystrophy branches into many different kinds of muscle disease including myositis‚ multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia. What makes it so important is that muscle dystrophy can be found in patients as young as infants and as old as adults. Also‚ some types of muscle dystrophy can be progressively disabling. Muscle diseases are present in infants and children because many of the diseases are hereditary. For example‚ Duchenne muscular dystrophy is both
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Myotonic Dystrophy Myotonic Dystrophy Walter Soto-Ruiz Biology 1406 Abstract Your abstract should be one paragraph and should not exceed 120 words. It is a summary of the most important elements of your paper. All numbers in the abstract‚ except those beginning a sentence‚ should be typed as digits rather than words. To count the number of words in this paragraph‚ select the paragraph‚ and on the Tools menu click Word Count. Myotonic Dystrophy Myotonic dystrophy is a chronic‚ slowly progressing
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