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Muscular Dystrophy/Muscle Biopsy
Steve Moore, MD, PhD | steven-moore@uiowa.edu		                                             
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Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD)

Duchenne & Becker Muscular Dystrophy
(DMD, BMD, Carriers)

Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
(EDMD)
Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD)

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Autosomal Dominant (LGMD1)

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy
Autosomal Recessive (LGMD2)

Muscle Biopsy - General Evaluation

Myotonic Dystrophy (DM1)

Nerve Biopsy - General Evaluation

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Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)

X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (X-EDMD) and manifesting carriers of emerin mutations Autosomal dominant (and recessive) Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (AD-EDMD and AR-EDMD)