Is muscular dystrophy and duchenne muscular dystrophy the same?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a type of muscular dystrophy. There are other muscular dystrophies such as Becker muscular dystrophy and Distal muscular dystrophy.