Distal myopathy

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Distal myopathy refers to a group of muscle diseases which share the clinical pattern of predominant weakness and atrophy beginning in the feet and/or hands.

Also known as: distal muscular dystrophy, distal myopathy, Miyoshi muscular dystrophy

7 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types.

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Sub-types

Miyoshi muscular dystrophy 3 (1) Myopathy, distal, 5 (1) Adult-onset distal myopathy due to VCP mutation (0) Asymetric thumb-handgrip weakness-distal myopathy (0) Asymptomatic hyperckemia-myalgia-rhabdomyolysis syndrome (0) Autosomal dominant distal myopathy (0) Calf-predominant weakness-gastrocnemius medialis atrophy-distal myopathy (0) Distal myopathy, Tateyama type (0) Distal myopathy, Welander type (0) Distal myopathy with anterior tibial onset (0) Distal myopathy with posterior leg and anterior hand involvement (0) Distal myopathy with vocal cord weakness (0) Finnish upper limb-onset distal myopathy (0) KLHL9-related early-onset distal myopathy (0) Miyoshi muscular dystrophy 1 (0) Miyoshi muscular dystrophy 2 (0) Miyoshi myopathy (0) MYH7-related skeletal myopathy (0) Myofibrillar myopathy 2 (0) Myofibrillar myopathy 3 (0)

Broader categories

Disease (717) Nervous system disorder (243) Musculoskeletal system disorder (214) Hereditary disease (188) Neuromuscular disease (110) Muscular dystrophy (74) Muscle tissue disorder (56) Human disease (15) Myopathy (14) Skeletal muscle disorder (10)

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Distal myopathy

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Experimental drug hopes to slow rare muscle disease in two patients

Can MRI scans reveal the hidden pattern of muscle damage in a rare muscular dystrophy?