Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare inherited disorder that causes weakness in the eye and throat muscles. It may lead to drooping eyelids and swallowing difficulties. Muscular ...

More than 30 rare muscular dystrophy types cause progressive muscle weakness from inherited gene mutations. Combined, they affect about 1 in 5,000 to 8,000 people. Common subtypes vary by age of onset ...

Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic disorders that cause progressive muscle weakness and loss of muscle mass, primarily in the skeletal muscles, such as those in the arms and legs. But muscular ...

Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of more than 30 conditions, all of which cause progressive muscle weakness and loss. Some muscular dystrophies progress slowly, and people with those conditions ...