Causes of Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy and Genetics: Book Excerpts
Muscular Dystrophy Causes: Book Excerpts
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Muscular dystrophy:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Muscular dystrophy is caused by various genetic mechanisms. Duchenne’s and Becker’s muscular dystrophies are X-linked recessive disorders. Both result from defects in the gene coding for the muscle protein dystrophin; the gene has been mapped to the Xp21 locus.
The incidence muscular dystrophy is about 1 in 651,450 persons in the United States. Duchenne’s and Becker’s muscular dystrophies affect males almost exclusively.
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy is an autosomal dominant disorder. Limb-girdle dystrophy is usually autosomal recessive. These two types affect both sexes about equally.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
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