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Muscular Dystrophies

"Muscular Dystrophies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS.


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Bar chart showing 10 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2002 and 2003 and 2004 and 2006 and 2007 and 2011 and 2012 and 2016 and 2017 and 2023
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