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Muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases take away physical strength, independence and life. Find out who gets these diseases, what causes them, what the symptoms and life expectancy are for people affected by them, and how MDA research is leading the way to treatments and cures.
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These diseases generally result from a malfunctioning of the neuromuscular junction, which is the place where a nerve passes signals to muscles. This group of diseases includes Lambert-Eaton Syndrome (LES), the auto-immune disease Myasthenia Gravis (MG) and Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome (CMS), an inherited condition.
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There are seven different types of neuromuscular disease — muscular dystrophies, cerebral palsy, motor neuron diseases, disorders of the neuromuscular junction, metabolic diseases of the muscle, peripheral nerve conditions, and various myopathies.
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Building on these recent findings, MDA-supported investigators are explor-. ing a world of potential treatments. “Facts about Genetics and Neuromuscular. Diseases” gives an up-to-date review of. genetics information relating to neuromus-. cular diseases. This booklet describes what a genetic dis-. order is and explains how genetic testing. and counseling can help people under-. stand how disorders that may affect them-. selves or their children are inherited.
https://www.mda.org/sites/default/files/publications/Facts_Genetics_P-210_1.pdf
Many different kinds of myopathies — diseases affecting the skeletal muscles or muscles that connect to bones — also belong to the neuromuscular disease category. Myopathies usually cause gradual muscle weakness and atrophy closest to the center of the body.
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Diseases of the peripheral nerve can be classified as neuromuscular diseases as well. These conditions are typically the result of damage to the nerves in the peripheral nervous system, which includes the arms, legs, torso, face and some cranial nerves.
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Motor neuron diseases (MND) are a group of neuromuscular diseases that are caused by degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain. These diseases typically lead to weakness and atrophy — first in the arm and leg muscles, and later in the muscles leading to the throat and face.
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A genetic disorder is a condi -. tion that’s caused by a change, called a mutation, in a gene. A. disease-causing mutation generally. interferes with the body’s produc-. tion of a particular protein.
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Dear Friends: Most of the neuromuscular disor-. ders in the Muscular Dystrophy. Association’s program are genetic, and. MDA’s worldwide research program has. discovered the genetic causes and inheri-. tance patterns of dozens of these dis-. eases.
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how many neuromuscular diseases are there
There are seven neuromuscular diseases.