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    Muscular Dystrophies and Related Disorders
    • Introduction to Muscular Dystrophies and Related Disorders
      • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
        • Treatment
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    • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
      • Symptoms
        • Duchenne muscular dystrophy
        • Becker muscular dystrophy
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • More Information
    • Emery-Dreifuss Dystrophy
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • More Information
    • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • More Information
    • Limb-Girdle Dystrophy
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • More Information
    • Myotonia Congenita
      • Symptoms
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • More Information
    • Myotonic Dystrophy
      • Symptoms
        • Congenital myotonic dystrophy
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • Prognosis
      • More Information
    • Congenital Myopathies
      • Central core myopathy and multiminicore myopathy (core myopathies)
      • Centronuclear myopathy
      • Nemaline myopathy
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment
      • More Information
    • Familial Periodic Paralysis
      • Symptoms
        • Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
        • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
        • Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
        • Andersen-Tawil syndrome
      • Diagnosis
      • Treatment and Prevention
        • Hypokalemic periodic paralysis
        • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis
        • Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
        • Andersen-Tawil syndrome
      • More Information
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