The term muscular dystrophy is used to represent a group of muscle diseases characterized by muscle weakness and wasting of muscles. Among the several forms of muscular dystrophy, the three most important ones are Duchenne Muscular dystrophy (DMD), facioscapulohumeral dystrophy, and myotonic dystrophy.

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Myotonic Dystrophy
medindia 8870 Posts Myotonic dystrophy is the most common form of muscular disease, which affects adults. The disease is also called as Steinert's disease, named after the doctor who first described it in the year 1909. The term myotonia is used to refer to a defect in the muscle fibers, that results...Read More
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My elder brother Mr Chittaranjan Sahoo aged 45 from Keonjhar Dist ,state-Odisha ,India is seriously affected in the Hereditary Mytonica Dystrophy diseases and now treatment in SCB Medical college Odisha under the Dr Prop. Ashok Mallick and Dr. LULUP Ku Sahoo in the Dept of NEUROLOGY . But they told us that their is no such successive treatment for the diseases ? Is it true plz help us and suggest the better treatment

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