Types of Muscular Dystrophy


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Name of disorder

Abbreviation

Description

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

DMD

Also known as Pseudohypertrophic

Becker Muscular Dystrophy

BMD

Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

EDMD

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

LGMD

Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

FSH or FSHD

Also known as Landouzy-Dejerine

Myotonic Dystrophy

DM

Also known as Steinert's Disease

Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy

OPMD

Distal Muscular Dystrophy

DD

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

CMD

Motor Neuron Disease

MND

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

ALS

Also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease

Infantile Progressive Spinal Muscular Atrophy

SMA, SMA1 or WH

Also known as SMA Type 1, Werdnig-Hoffman

Intermediate Spinal Muscular Atrophy

SMA or SMA2

Also known as SMA Type 2

Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy

SMA, SMA3 or KW

Also known as SMA Type 3, Kugelberg-Welander

Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

SBMA

Also known as Kennedy's Disease and X-Linked SBMA

Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy

SMA

Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathy

HMSN

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), or Peroneal Muscular Atrophy

Myopathies, including:

CM