Catalog
Certain specified rare distal myopathy
No MMS code
Link to WHO Definition
Certain specified rare distal myopathy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1760014100
Rare progressive genetic disorders characterised by wasting and weakness of the voluntary muscles of the distal extremities of upper and lower limbs. Although age of onset can occur anytime from infancy to adulthood, most forms develop later in life and are slowly progressive. Inheritance is autosomal dominant or recessive.