Catalog

Autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy, childhood type, resembling Becker muscular dystrophy

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Link to WHO Definition

Autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy, childhood type, resembling Becker muscular dystrophy – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/391677057

Childhood autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy resembling Becker disease is a rare condition characterised by muscular dystrophy with mild, Becker-like progression, affecting both sexes equally. It refers to a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders in which different molecular and biochemical defects present with a similar phenotype. Most patients have defects in one of the four sarcoglycan genes identified to date.