Congenital muscular dystrophy with characteristic radiological findings similar to those with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy

From: Neurology India | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by muscular hypotonia of prenatal onset and the histologic features of muscular dystrophy.[1] Based on the clinical, immunohistochemical, and genetic findings, eight different forms have been characterized genetically, and additional forms have been identified clinically.[2] Muscle-eye-brain disease (MEB), Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS), and Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) are clinically similar autosomal recessive disorders characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy, ...

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