A. Muscular dystrophy is the name applied to a group of diseases that are, for the most part, genetically determined and that cause gradual wasting of muscle with accompanying weakness and deformity. This form of the disease is called Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Symptoms usually appear between the ages of two and six.
It was first described by Duchenne, a french physician, in 1861. What are some of the later clinical signs of weakness in Duchenne muscular dystrophy . In limb-girdle dystrophy, both parents carry such a gene, though neither has the disease. This type of muscular dystrophy can be transmitted to either a male or female child. This type can also be inherited by a male or female.