What are the different types of Muscular Dystrophy?
| Type of muscular dystrophy | Severity of condition |
|---|---|
| Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy | severe |
| Becker Muscular Dystrophy | mild |
| Rarer types of muscular dystrophy | Severity of condition |
| Limb girdle muscular dystrophy | Many different types of varying severity:
Adult onset LGMD types 1A,1D, 1E, 1F Childhood onset LGMD types 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E,2F, 2G,2H,2I, 2J |
| Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy | infantile onset – severe
childhood onset – moderate or severe adult onset - mild |
| Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy | infantile onset –severe
childhood onset – moderate or severe adult onset – affects heart |
| Congenital Muscular dystrophy (CMD) with protein laminin-A2 (LAMA2) deficiency – the condition is also known as MDC1A, classic CMD or merosin deficient CMD | Usually severe, rarely mild |
| Ullrich Congenital Dystrophy | severe |
| Walker-Warburg Syndrome | severe |
