Expert diagnostic services and treatment are provided for patients with common and rare disorders of the muscular system, including muscular dystrophies. Myopathic (myo = muscle, pathy = disease) ...

"While we did see correlations between activity levels and cardiomyopathy progression in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, these correlations were not particularly strong. Our interpretation ...

The muscular dystrophies are commonly associated with cardiovascular complications, including cardiomyopathy and cardiac arrhythmias. These complications are caused by intrinsic defects in ...

Decreased strain and rotation were hypothesized to be associated with the presence and extent of left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Investigators recently ...

In a study recently published in Nature Communications scientists at Okayama University describe the detailed molecular pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy in mice lacking the ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association Marks Rare Disease Day by Spotlighting Community Stories Driving Progress in Research, Care, ...

LaGRANGE, Ga. (WRBL) – Casey Duffield has been battling Hereditary Myopathy, a rare strain of Muscular Dystrophy, with Early Respiratory Failure for several years. She is only one of the two people in ...

LaGrange, Ga. (WRBL) – Casey Duffield was 35 years old when she was diagnosed with a strain of Muscular Dystrophy called Hereditary Myopathy with Early Respiratory Failure. Now Duffield is looking to ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association announces more than $2.7 Million for research grants for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) Duchenne muscular dystrophy, ...

ST. LOUIS — The first thing you should know about Brenna Beffa is that she's almost always smiling. "Brenna is always so positive about everything," her dad Matt Beffa said. "She's very bubbly, very ...