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Results 1 - 9 of 9 for "Limb-girdle" muscle weakness
  1. Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy 
    ... muscles in the shoulders, upper legs, and hips (limb-girdle muscles). The weakness slowly gets worse, and people may need the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../oculopharyngeal-muscular-dystrophy - Genetics
  2. Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 
    ... heart muscle (cardiomyopathy) occurs in some forms of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Some affected individuals experience mild to severe breathing problems related to the weakness of muscles needed for breathing. In some cases, the breathing ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/limb-girdle-muscular-dystrophy - Genetics
  3. Isolated hyperCKemia 
    ... muscle cells are broken down. Although no muscle weakness occurs in isolated ... limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, rippling muscle disease, and a heart ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/isolated-hyperckemia - Genetics
  4. LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy 
    ... to walk. Difficulty with speech may result from weakness of the facial ... as limb-girdle muscular dystrophies. In late-onset LAMA2-related muscular ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../lama2-related-muscular-dystrophy - Genetics
  5. Collagen VI-related dystrophy 
    ... structures throughout the body). Most affected individuals have muscle weakness and joint deformities called contractures that restrict movement ... usually have low muscle tone (hypotonia) in infancy. Muscle weakness can begin at any age but often appears ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/collagen-vi-related-myopathy - Genetics
  6. Miyoshi myopathy 
    ... mid-adulthood, affected individuals typically begin to experience muscle weakness and wasting (atrophy) in one or both calves. ... on tiptoe.As Miyoshi myopathy slowly worsens, the muscle weakness and atrophy spread up the leg to the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/miyoshi-myopathy - Genetics
  7. Myasthenia gravis 
    ... from a seated position, or climbing stairs. The muscle weakness tends to fluctuate over time; it typically worsens ... abnormalities lead to decreased muscle movement and the muscle weakness characteristic of this condition.It is unclear why ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/myasthenia-gravis - Genetics
  8. Inclusion body myopathy with early-onset Paget disease and frontotemporal dementia 
    ... brain.The first symptom of IBMPFD is often muscle weakness (myopathy), which typically appears in mid-adulthood. Weakness ... in other muscles in the arms and legs. Muscle weakness can also affect respiratory and heart (cardiac) muscles, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...paget-disease-and-frontotemporal-dementia - Genetics
  9. CAV3-related distal myopathy 
    ... CAV3 gene mutations can cause other caveolinopathies including limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, rippling muscle disease, isolated hyperCKemia, and ... in caveolin-3 cause four distinct autosomal dominant muscle diseases. Neurology. 2004 Feb 24;62(4):538-43. doi: 10.1212/wnl.62.4.538. Citation on PubMed
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/cav3-related-distal-myopathy - Genetics