PPT-Muscular Dystrophy

What it is Muscular Dystrophy is a family of hereditary disease that cause progressive and steady muscle weakening Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy which are just 2 forms of MD alone affect approximately 1 in every 3500 to 5000 boys. For the . parent’s . of kids . with. Muscular Dystrophy. What Is Muscular Dystrophy?. Muscular . dystrophy (MD) is a genetic disorder that weakens the muscles . of the body. People . with MD have incorrect /. but can occasionally be severe and disabling, many years after the first onset of symptoms. Facial weakness may develop, and be commented upon by the specialist,but rarely causes any particular proble Chris Welter. Billy Ellsworth. Boston Globe via Getty Images. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Symptoms appear by the age of six in young boys. Caused by a mutation in the gene for the protein dystrophin. Presented by:. Sujitha B Subramaniam. 11408044. IV yr Genetic Engineering. SRM University. DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY.  (. DMD. ) is a recessive X-linked form of muscular dystrophy, which results in muscle degeneration, difficulty . Sherri Garcia. Muscular Dystrophy: Walk a Mile in Their Shoes. CDC’s 2005 Science Ambassador Program. Overview. Sympathy vs. empathy. Basic information about Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Inheritance. group of inherited . ___________________________________ diseases . muscles enlarge due to . _______________________________ tissue . deposits, . but muscle fibers . _. Caused by a lack of the . cytoplasmic. Muscle cells cannot . partially. contract. They act on the ‘all or none’ principle. They either contract 100% or do not contract at all.. You cannot turn fat into muscle by exercising.. You cannot ‘spot reduce’ i.e. you cannot get rid of your spare tire by doing sit-ups.. Duchene Muscular . Dystrophy. By . Zsanell. Go. http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/05/diseases/Limb_Girdle_Muscular_Dystrophy-2.jpg. http://www.glogster.com/media/5/28/8/68/28086899.jpg. Glen Nuckolls, PhD. Program Director, Neurogenetics Cluster. Division of Extramural Research. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. g. len.nuckolls@nih.gov. NIH . Bethesda Campus . 10 Volume 18, Issue 5 9 Groznova O.S., Artemeva S.B. Porazhenie serdechno-sosudistoy sistemyi pri progressiruyuschey myishechnoy distro�i Rossiyskiy vestnik perinatologii i pediatrii. 2013; Version: 2 , ’, Author: Professor Alan E.H.Emery for Muscular Dystrophy UK Page 1 of 3 Emery - Dreifuss muscular dystrophy This form of muscular dystrophy was so named after Professor Emery in ________________________________ Hamilton Health Sciences, 2008PD 6204 1/2004dpc/pted/FSHlw.docdt/January 30, 2014 Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy What is Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dys of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Description: Amondys 45® (casimersen), Exondys 51® (eteplirsen), Viltepso™ (vitolarsen), and Vyondys 53® (golodirsen) are drugs used for Duchenne Muscular Dystrop . Villacrés. Carlos . Carlosama. Signs. and . symptoms. Progressive muscular wasting. Poor balance. Drooping eyelids. Atrophy. . Scoliosis.  (curvature of the spine and the back). Inability to walk.