Assertion: muscular dystrophy's progression | /r/HasProperty | slow
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: according to the muscular dystrophy associaton
type: OTHER
value: with not presenting until middle age
type: OTHER
value: with periods of rapid deterioration
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Age at onset Age at onset Symptoms include weakness and wasting of muscles of the hands, forearms, and lower legs; progression is slow; rarely leads to total incapacity.
text: Emery-Dreifuss childhood to early teens Age at onset Age at onset Symptoms include weakness and wasting of shoulder, upper arm, and shin muscles; joint deformities are common; progression is slow; sudden death may occur from cardiac problems.
text: Facioscapulohumeral childhood to early adults Age at onset Age at onset Symptoms include facial muscle weakness and weakness with some wasting of shoulders and upper arms; progression is slow with periods of rapid deterioration; life span may be many decades after onset.
text: Limb-Girdle late childhood to middle age Age at onset Age at onset Symptoms include weakness and wasting, affecting shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle first; progression is slow; death is usually due to cardiopulmonary complications.
text: Myotonic 20 to 40 years Age at onset Age at onset Symptoms include weakness of all muscle groups accompanied by delayed relaxation of muscles after contraction; affects face, feet, hands, and neck first; progression is slow, sometimes spanning 50 to 60 years.
text: Oculopharyngeal 40 to 70 years Age at onset Age at onset Symptoms affect muscles of eyelids and throat causing weakening of throat muscles, which, in time, causes inability to swallow and emaciation from lack of food; progression is slow.
text: Although the progression is typically slow, the speed of progression and specific symptoms vary greatly from patient to patient.
text: The progression of the disease is slow, but in later stage of life a wheelchair may be completely necessary.
text: The progression is generally slow and
text: The progression of the disease is very slow, but as the disease progress there can be weakness and wasting in the neck muscles and upper limbs.
text: Depending on the type of CMT, onset can be from birth to adulthood, and progression is typically slow.
text: Steinert's disease, myotonia atrophica, myotonic dystrophy, myotonic muscular dystrophy a severe form of muscular dystrophy marked by generalized weakness and muscular wasting that affects the face and feet and hands and neck; difficult speech and difficulty with the hands that spreads to the arms and shoulders and legs and hips; the onset can be any time from birth to middle age and the progression is slow; inheritance is autosomal dominant
text: The progression is slow, with symptoms of weakness and walking difficulties sometimes not presenting until middle age.
text: While the progression is slow, it's always fatal, with most patients not living beyond their 20s or 30s.
text: Generally, the progression of the disease is fairly slow, but both the age of onset and the degree of severity of the condition can vary greatly among patients, with symptoms potentially beginning as early as infancy or as late as adulthood.
text: According to the Muscular Dystrophy Associaton, the progression of the disease is very slow and those with the condition have a normal life expectancy.
text: Symptoms include weakness and wasting of muscles of the hands, forearms, and lower legs; progression is slow; rarely leads to total incapacity.
text: Symptoms include weakness and wasting, affecting shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle first; progression is slow; death is usually due to cardiopulmonary complications.
text: Symptoms include weakness of all muscle groups accompanied by delayed relaxation of muscles after contraction; affects face, feet, hands, and neck first; progression is slow, sometimes spanning 50 to 60 years.