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Causes of Muscular dystrophy

Muscular dystrophy occurs as a result of a genetic disorder. This means that it is an inherited condition (abnormal genes passed on from the parents).

An X-linked gene causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This means that only boys are affected but that their mothers may be carriers.

Myotonic dystrophy follows an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern, which means that on average half of the children of an affected person are themselves affected.

Limb-girdle dystrophy is inherited in the autosomal recessive, manner, which means that both parents have to pass on the gene for the condition to appear.

The facio-scapulo-humeral type of muscular dystrophy is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.

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