dictionary help| adult pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy | medical dictionary |
Muscular dystrophy of late onset, often in the second or third decade, with relatively mild course; X-linked recessive inheritance; perhaps allelic with Duchenne's dystrophy, but milder and not a genetic lethal.
Compare: Duchenne dystrophy.
Synonyms: Becker type tardive muscular dystrophy.
(05 Mar 2000)
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