Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD) - Diseases | Muscular ...
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 | About the Disease | GARD
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is caused by genetic mutations, also known as pathogenic variants. Genetic mutations can be hereditary, when parents pass them down to their children, or they may occur randomly when cells are dividing.
Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy - Wikipedia
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 - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf
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
This form of muscular dystrophy was so named after Professor Emery in the UK and Professor Dreifuss in the United States, who together first described the disorder nearly 40 years ago. Like other muscular dystrophies it is a wasting disease of …
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy - UpToDate
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 - MedlinePlus
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.
Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
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.
Emery‐Dreifuss muscular dystrophy - PMC - PubMed Central …
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 (EDMD) - NHS inform
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.