Myasthenia Gravis
Myasthenia gravis is a neurological disorder in which the defect lies in the function of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) resulting in weakness and fatigue of...
Three-Parent Baby
Three-parent baby is an in vitro fertilization technique that involves combination of DNA from 3 parents to produce a baby. In this technique mitochondrial DNA...
An Outline of Common Muscle Diseases
Disease can affect peripheral neuromuscular system disorder at various levels starting from anterior horn cell, nerve root, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and muscle itself. Group...
Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy
Myotonic muscular dystrophy is the commonest disease of its kind with an incidence of 1 per 8000. It is characterized by slowly progressive weakness along...
Faciosacpulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a unique muscle disease in that it affects muscles of face and shoulder girdle and is slowly progressive. Here is a...
2 Dimensions of Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies is a group of muscular diseases involving skeletal muscles and causing proximal weakness more than distal weakness. These now have been...
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