recessive
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is caused by a nonsence mutation in the dystrophin gene on the x-chromosome, this type mutation that occuurs in duchenne is what sets it apart from beckers or any other dystrophy. a nonsence mutation is a point mutation(additon or sutraction of a nucleotide in an exon) which causes the gene for dystrophin to be read half way which in turn causes muscle wasting.
It is only found in boys.
There are six different kinds of this illness
and this is caused by a lack of dystrophin in the muscles
There are many types of MD. If the diagnosis is Duchennes MD, death usually occurs in the late teens, early twenties.
yea bcuz muscular dystrophy is the name of the disease and therefore is a proper noun
muscular dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Cholera.
I believe you are referring to muscular dystrophy, this is a inherited degenerative muscular disease, and can only be inherited from parents.There are a number of types of muscular dystrophy but this along with all other inherited diseases are not infections.
It could be facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
Muscular dytrophy is not spread it is heriditary.
The muscular Dystrophy do not maintain homeostasis.
In general diseases that attack the muscles are called myopathies. Muscular dystrophy would be one example.
There are many disorders that affect the muscular system. Two that may be best known are muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig's disease.