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How are carriers of muscular dystrophy detected?

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How does muscular dystrophy progress?

Muscular dytrophy is not spread it is heriditary.


How does muscular dystrophy disrupt homeostasis?

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Does duchenne muscular dystrophy affect certain groups of people more than others?

It effects only males. Women are carriers


When was Muscular Dystrophy Association created?

Muscular Dystrophy Association was created in 1950.


Can people with muscular dystrophy have healthy children?

Genetic counseling is advised when there is a family history of muscular dystrophy. Women may have no symptoms but still carry the gene for the disorder. Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be detected with about 95% accuracy by genetic studies performed during pregnancy. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001190.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy


Is muscular dystrophy and duchenne muscular dystrophy the same?

Muscular dystrophy can appear in infancy up to middle age or later, and its form and severity are determined in part by the age at which it occurs. Some types of muscular dystrophy affect only males; some people with MD enjoy a normal life span with mild symptoms that progress very slowly; others experience swift and severe muscle weakness and wasting, dying in their late teens to early 20s.


When was Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Trailblazers created?

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign Trailblazers was created in 2008.


When was Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation created?

Muscular Dystrophy Family Foundation was created in 1958.


What is the most common and most severe type of muscular dystrophy in children?

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy


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The form of muscular dystrophy in which survival is rarely beyond the late twenties?

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy


What is muscular dystrophy?

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