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Distrofia muscular facioescapulohumeral - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Distrofia muscular de Landouzy-Dejerine

Definición:

Es una debilidad muscular progresiva y pérdida de tejido muscular.

Ver también: distrofia muscular

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

La distrofia muscular facioescapulohumeral afecta la parte superior del cuerpo, a diferencia de la distrofia muscular de Duchenne y la distrofia muscular de Becker, que afectan la parte inferior del mismo.

La distrofia muscular facioescapulohumeral es un trastorno genético, se da tanto en hombres como en mujeres y se puede desarrollar en un niño si cualquiera de los padres es portador del gen para dicho trastorno.

La distrofia muscular facioescapulohumeral se presenta aproximadamente 5 de cada 100.000 personas y afecta por igual a hombres y mujeres.

Músculos superficiales anteriores

Reviewed last on: 3/9/2010
Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF. Muscular dystrophies. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 608.

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