Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of heritable diseases that cause progressive impairment of muscles. EDMD affects muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles), causing atrophy, weakness and contractures.

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is one of nine types of muscular dystrophy, a group of genetic, degenerative diseases primarily affecting voluntary muscles. It is named for Alan Emery and Fritz Dreifuss, physicians who first described the …

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is caused by genetic changes in the EMD and LMNA genes. It can be inherited in an X-linked, autosomal dominant, or autosomal recessive fashion. Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that affects the joints, muscles, and heart.

2004年9月29日 · Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is characterized by the clinical triad of: joint contractures that begin in early childhood; slowly progressive muscle weakness and wasting initially in a humero-peroneal distribution that later extends to the scapular and pelvic girdle muscles; and cardiac involvement that may manifest as palpitations ...

Emery‐Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare muscular dystrophy, but is particularly important to diagnose due to frequent life‐threatening cardiac complications. EDMD classically presents with muscle weakness, early contractures, cardiac ...

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that primarily affects muscles used for movement (skeletal muscles) and the heart (cardiac muscle). Explore symptoms, inheritance, genetics of this condition.

2015年5月20日 · Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is a rare, often slowly progressive genetic disorder affecting the muscles of the arms, legs, face, neck, spine and heart.

Clinical aspects of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), also known as humeroperoneal muscular dystrophy, are discussed here. Other muscular dystrophies are presented separately.

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy The symptoms of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) often start to develop during childhood or teenage years. Like other types of muscular dystrophy (MD), it’s a muscle wasting disease.

Emery-Dreifuss dystrophy is a muscular dystrophy with multiple modes of inheritance. In addition to weakness and muscle wasting, patients often have cardiac abnormalities that may cause sudden death. Treatment is symptomatic.