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dystrophy (MD) is a group of muscle diseases that weaken the
musculoskeletal system and hamper locomotion. Muscular
dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle
weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle
cells and tissue. In the 1860s, descriptions of boys who grew
progressively weaker, lost the ability to walk, and died at an
early age became more prominent in medical journals. In the
following decade, French neurologist Guillaume Duchenne gave a
comprehensive account of thirteen boys with the most common and
severe form of the disease, which now carries his name—Duchenne
muscular dystrophy. It soon became evident that the disease had
more than one form. The other major forms are Becker, limb-
girdle, congenital, facioscapulohumeral, myotonic,
oculopharyngeal, distal, and Emery-Dreifuss muscular