Muscular Dystrophy

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Muscular Dystrophy (MD) (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary

• Overviews
• Muscular Dystrophy (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Muscular Dystrophy (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Accurate and Affordable Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Creatine Kinase Test (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocities (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Muscle Biopsies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)

• Treatment
• Steroids / Nutritional Supplements / Antibiotics (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Muscular Dystrophies (National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Distal Muscular Dystrophy (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies (DMD and BMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
• Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
• Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Rare Muscular Dystrophies: Congenital, Distal, Emery-Dreifuss and Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophies (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Disease Management
• Physical Therapy (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)

• Coping
• 101 Hints to "Help-with-Ease" for Patients with Neuromuscular Disease (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Learning to Live with Neuromuscular Disease: A Message for Parents (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Related Issues
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Use of Splints and Bracing (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
• Frequently Asked Questions about Wheelchairs (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
• Parents & Family: Connecting with Your Son Who Has Duchenne MD (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
• Parents & Family: Daily Life with Duchenne MD (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)
• Seating Requirements for Young Men with DMD (Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research)

• Research
• Faulty Muscle Repair Implicated in Muscular Dystrophies (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
• Gene Therapy Reaches All Damaged Muscles in Muscular Dystrophy Mouse (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
• MDA Research Advances Rapidly (Muscular Dystrophy Association)
• Protein May Hold Key to Repair of Damaged Muscles (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

• Genetics
• Genetics Home Reference: Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker types (National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Myotonic dystrophy (National Library of Medicine)
• Genes and Disease: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• Genes and Disease: Myotonic Dystrophy (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• New Test for Myotonic Dystrophy: Exposing an Enemy That's Too Big to See (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

• Organizations
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  Also available in: Spanish
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
• Parent Project for Muscular Dystrophy Research

• Children
• Meaning of Muscular Dystrophy (Nemours Foundation)

• Teenagers
• Muscular Dystrophy (Nemours Foundation)