Term Name: muscular dystrophy
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Definition: A myopathy is characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness degeneration.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:9884]   ( DOID:9884 )

Relationships
is a type of: myopathy
has subtype: Becker muscular dystrophy congenital muscular dystrophy distal myopathy Duchenne muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy limb-girdle muscular dystrophy myotonic disease oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy scapuloperoneal myopathy