The congenital muscular dystrophies ( English congenital muscular dystrophies, CMD or MDC for short ) are a group of muscle diseases that belong to the muscular dystrophies . These are inherited disorders that mostly autosomal - recessive inherited. The clinical manifestations are very variable (heterogeneous). The common clinical features of congenital muscular dystrophies are muscle weakness that exists from birth ( congenitally ) with hypotonia and delayed motor development. Characteristics of muscular dystrophy can be demonstrated histologically . In addition to the muscles, the brain and eye in particular can be involved. The congenital muscular dystrophies differ from the congenital myopathies with structural anomalies in the absence of ultrastructural changes in the muscle fibers. The Congenital Muscular be predominantly autosomal - recessive inherited.
There are several ways of classifying congenital muscular dystrophies. In most diseases of this group, the genes and gene products involved have been identified, so that a genetic classification of the congenital muscular dystrophies is possible. A gene table of the associated diseases is published regularly in the journal Neuromuscular Disorders . The current publication is from 2009, which is also freely available as an HTML version supplemented by links.
There is little data on the incidence of congenital muscular dystrophies. The number of new cases per year (incidence) was estimated at 1: 21,500 in northeastern Italy and 1: 16,000 in western Sweden.
Clinical manifestations
In addition to muscle weakness, muscle hypotonia , also existing from birth , which is also known as floppy infant , is typical . In addition, contractures and joint deformities can also exist from birth .
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^ A b F. Jerusalem, S. Zierz: Muscle Diseases . 3. Edition. Thieme-Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-13-567803-2 , p. 127.
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↑ Susan E. Sparks, Diana M. Escolar: Congenital muscular dystrophies . In: Robert Griggs: Muscular Dystrophies. 3. Edition. Elsevier, 2011, ISBN 978-0-08-045031-5 , p. 49. (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Volume 101)
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