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Causes, symptoms, diagnostic procedures and criteria, treatments and prognoses for myopathy, a muscle disease in which the muscle stops functioning properly.

Congenital Myopathies - Mayo Clinic

Congenital myopathies are rare muscle diseases present at birth (congenital) that result from genetic defects. There are many different types of congenital myopathies, but most share common features, including lack of muscle tone and weakness.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/congenital-myopathies/basics/definition/con-20035035
What is Myopathy? - Health Grades

Myopathy refers to any disease that affects muscle tissue. Diseases of the muscle result in weakness, inflammation, tetany (spasms), or paralysis. Myopathy can be the result of either inherited or acquired causes.
https://www.healthgrades.com/conditions/myopathy
Myopathies - PatientInfo

Myopathies are a heterogeneous group of conditions with diverse aetiologies. They usually affect muscle without involving the nervous system or any disorder of the neuromuscular junction.
http://patient.info/doctor/myopathies
Distal Myopathy - NORD

Distal myopathy (or distal muscular dystrophy) is a general term for a group of rare progressive genetic disorders characterized by wasting (atrophy) and weakness of the voluntary distal muscles.
http://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/distal-myopathy
Myopathy Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - NINDS

Myopathy information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myopathy/myopathy.htm
Signs and Symptoms: Inherited and Endocrine Myopathies - MDA

This page addresses the symptoms of inherited and endocrine myopathies, as well as the following signs.
https://www.mda.org/disease/inherited-and-endocrine-myopathies/signs-and-symptoms
Myopathy - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about myopathy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myopathy
What is Myopathy? - News Medical

Myopathies are a group of disorders characterized by a primary structural or functional impairment of skeletal muscle. They usually affect muscle without involving the nervous system, resulting in muscular weakness. The latter represents one of the most common complaints among patients presenting to family physicians or neurology specialist.
http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Myopathy.aspx
Myopathies: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology - Medscape

Myopathy is a muscle disease unrelated to any disorder of innervation or neuromuscular junction. Etiologies vary widely.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759487-overview
Overview: Mitochondrial Myopathies - MDA

What are mitochondrial myopathies Learn here.
https://www.mda.org/disease/mitochondrial-myopathies
Myopathy Signs and Symptoms - HealthCommunities

Skeletal muscle weakness is the primary symptom of myopathy. Signs and symptoms of myopathies include muscle weakness, muscle atrophy (shrinkage), and muscle aches.
http://www.healthcommunities.com/myopathies/symptoms.shtml
Distal Myopathy - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)

NORD gratefully acknowledges Professor Nigel G. Laing, NH & MRC Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, West Australian Institute for Medical Research, for assistance in the preparation of this report.
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/distal-myopathy/
Inflammatory Myopathies - Neuropathy

Inflammatory myopathies are acquired, treatable autoimmune diseases, characterized clinically by weakness and soreness of muscles and elevated CK and pathologically by myonecrosis and mononuclear inflammatory infiltrates. More muscle biopsies are done for diagnosis of inflammatory myopathy than for any other category of muscle disease. The main inflammatory myopathies are polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis.
http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter13/chapter13eInflammatory.html
Corticosteroid-Induced Myopathy: Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology - emedicine

Steroid myopathy is usually an insidious disease process that causes weakness mainly to the proximal muscles of the upper and lower limbs and to the neck flexors. Cushing originally described it in 1932, and Muller and Kugelberg first studied it systemically in 1959.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/313842-overview
Metabolic Myopathies - American College of Rheumatology

Information on metabolic myopathies: what they are, signs and symptoms, getting diagnosed, treatment options and tips for managing them.
http://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Diseases-Conditions/Metabolic-Myopathies

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Congenital Myopathies - Mayo Clinic

Congenital myopathies are rare muscle diseases present at birth (congenital) that result from genetic defects. There are many different types of congenital myopathies, but most share common features, including lack of muscle tone and weakness.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/congenital-myopathies/basics/definition/con-20035035
What is Myopathy? - Health Grades

Myopathy refers to any disease that affects muscle tissue. Diseases of the muscle result in weakness, inflammation, tetany (spasms), or paralysis. Myopathy can be the result of either inherited or acquired causes.
https://www.healthgrades.com/conditions/myopathy
Myopathies - PatientInfo

Myopathies are a heterogeneous group of conditions with diverse aetiologies. They usually affect muscle without involving the nervous system or any disorder of the neuromuscular junction.
http://patient.info/doctor/myopathies
Distal Myopathy - NORD

Distal myopathy (or distal muscular dystrophy) is a general term for a group of rare progressive genetic disorders characterized by wasting (atrophy) and weakness of the voluntary distal muscles.
http://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/distal-myopathy
Myopathy Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - NINDS

Myopathy information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myopathy/myopathy.htm
Signs and Symptoms: Inherited and Endocrine Myopathies - MDA

This page addresses the symptoms of inherited and endocrine myopathies, as well as the following signs.
https://www.mda.org/disease/inherited-and-endocrine-myopathies/signs-and-symptoms
Myopathy - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about myopathy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myopathy
What is Myopathy? - News Medical

Myopathies are a group of disorders characterized by a primary structural or functional impairment of skeletal muscle. They usually affect muscle without involving the nervous system, resulting in muscular weakness. The latter represents one of the most common complaints among patients presenting to family physicians or neurology specialist.
http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Myopathy.aspx
Myopathies: Practice Essentials, Background, Pathophysiology - Medscape

Myopathy is a muscle disease unrelated to any disorder of innervation or neuromuscular junction. Etiologies vary widely.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/759487-overview
Overview: Mitochondrial Myopathies - MDA

What are mitochondrial myopathies Learn here.
https://www.mda.org/disease/mitochondrial-myopathies
Myopathy Signs and Symptoms - HealthCommunities

Skeletal muscle weakness is the primary symptom of myopathy. Signs and symptoms of myopathies include muscle weakness, muscle atrophy (shrinkage), and muscle aches.
http://www.healthcommunities.com/myopathies/symptoms.shtml
Distal Myopathy - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)

NORD gratefully acknowledges Professor Nigel G. Laing, NH & MRC Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, West Australian Institute for Medical Research, for assistance in the preparation of this report.
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/distal-myopathy/
Inflammatory Myopathies - Neuropathy

Inflammatory myopathies are acquired, treatable autoimmune diseases, characterized clinically by weakness and soreness of muscles and elevated CK and pathologically by myonecrosis and mononuclear inflammatory infiltrates. More muscle biopsies are done for diagnosis of inflammatory myopathy than for any other category of muscle disease. The main inflammatory myopathies are polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and inclusion body myositis.
http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter13/chapter13eInflammatory.html
Corticosteroid-Induced Myopathy: Background, Pathophysiology, Epidemiology - emedicine

Steroid myopathy is usually an insidious disease process that causes weakness mainly to the proximal muscles of the upper and lower limbs and to the neck flexors. Cushing originally described it in 1932, and Muller and Kugelberg first studied it systemically in 1959.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/313842-overview
Metabolic Myopathies - American College of Rheumatology

Information on metabolic myopathies: what they are, signs and symptoms, getting diagnosed, treatment options and tips for managing them.
http://www.rheumatology.org/I-Am-A/Patient-Caregiver/Diseases-Conditions/Metabolic-Myopathies

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