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*Inherited group of degenerative muscular diseases
*Progressive muscle weakness and wasting
*Usually due to a genetic fault -> muscular protein deficiency
**Duchenne MD in humans due to dystrophin deficiency also present in some animals
**Dystrophin gene mutations reported in the Golden Retriever, Rottweiler, German shorthaired pointer and Irish terrier ''etc.''
*Inadequate [[Muscle Regeneration - Anatomy & Physiology|regeneration]], [[Muscles Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Hypertrophy|compensatory hypertrophy]]
*More about [[Muscular dystrophy]]
[[Category:Muscles - Developmental Pathology]]