becker muscular dystrophy

Noun
  1. A form of muscular dystrophy that sets in in adolescence or adulthood and progresses slowly but will affect all voluntary muscles;
    Characterized by generalized weakness and muscle wasting that affects limb and trunk muscles first;
    Similar to Duchenne's muscular dystrophy but less severe;
    Inheritance is X-linked recessive (carried by females but affecting only males) (synset 114184557)
    is a type of: dystrophy, muscular dystrophy - any of several hereditary diseases of the muscular system characterized by weakness and wasting of skeletal muscles

Other Searches