Catalog

Benign dystrophin-deficient Becker muscular dystrophy

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Link to WHO Definition

Benign dystrophin-deficient Becker muscular dystrophy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1237861765

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a neuromuscular disease characterised by progressive muscle wasting and weakness due to degeneration of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle. BMD primarily affects males but a small percentage of female carriers manifest milder forms of the disease.