Muscular Dystrophy
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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 regeneration, compensatory hypertrophy
- More about Muscular dystrophy