Conditions Covered by the Muscular Dystrophy Association of NZ Inc

Glossary of terms relating to neuromuscular conditions

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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES:

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne Standards of Care - Family Guide
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Myotonic Dystrophy
Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Manifesting Carriers

METABOLIC DISEASES OF MUSCLE:

Acid Maltase Deficiency / Pompes Disease
Carnitine Deficiency

DISEASE OF THE MOTOR NEURONs:

Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Standards of Care 2010

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)
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Medications Alert
Hereditary Sensory Neuropathy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth: A Practical Guide
Dejerine-Sottas disease / CMT 3

MYOPATHIES

Myofibrillar Myopathy

MYOPATHIES DUE TO ENDOCRINE ABNORMALITIES:

Hyperthyroid Myopathy

INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES:

Inclusion Body Myositis
Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

DISEASES OF THE NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION:

Myasthenia Gravis

INHERITED ATAXIAS

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

Management of the Ataxias towards best Clinical Practice
This document is courtesy of �Ataxia UK�

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