Conditions Covered by the Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ Inc

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES:

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Myotonic Dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy
Distal Muscular Dystrophy
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Manifesting Carriers

METABOLIC DISEASES OF MUSCLE:

Phosphorylase Deficiency
(Also known as McArdle's Disease)
Acid Maltase Deficiency (AMD)
(Also known as Pompe's Disease)
Phosphofructokinase Deficiency
(Also known as Tarui's Disease)
Debrancher Enzyme Deficiency
(Also known as Cori's or Forbes' Disease)
Mitochondrial Myopathy
Carnitine Deficiency
Carnitine Palmityl Transferase Deficiency
Phosphoglycerate Kinase Deficiency
Phosphoglycerate Mutase Deficiency
Lactate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Myoadenylate Deaminase Deficiency

DISEASE OF THE MOTOR NEURONs:

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) including:

• TYPE 1 Infantile Progressive Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  (Also known as Werdnig-Hoffman)
  
• TYPE 2 Intermediate Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  
• TYPE 3 Juvenile Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  (Also known as Kugelberg-Welander)
  
• Adult Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  

Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
(Also known as Kennedy's Disease and X-Linked SBMA)

DISEASES OF PERIPHERAL NERVE:

Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT)
(Also known as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy (HMSN)
Dejerine-Sottas Disease
(Also known as CMT Type 3)
Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy

INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES:

Dermatomyositis
Polymyositis
Inclusion Body Myositis

DISEASES OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION:

Myasthenia Gravis
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome

MYOPATHIES DUE TO ENDOCRINE ABNORMALITIES:

Hyperthyroid Myopathy
Hypothyroid Myopathy

OTHER MYOPATHIES:

Myotonia Congenita
(Two forms: Thomsen's and Becker's Disease)
Paramyotonia Congenita
Central Core Disease
Nemaline Myopathy
Myotubular Myopathy
Inclusion body Myopathy
Periodic Paralysis

INHERITED ATAXIAS

Friedreich's Ataxia (FA)
Spinocerebellar Ataxias (SCA)
Periodic Paralysis (types 1 and 2)

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSP)

(also called Familial Spastic Paraparesis)

Leucodystrophies

Adrenoleucodystrophy
Adrenomyeloneuropathy
Metachromatic Leucodystrophy

Phakomatoses
(conditions affecting the brain and the skin)

Neurofibromatosis types 1 and 2
Schwannomatosis
Tuberous Sclerosis
Von Hippel Lindau syndrome