Types of Inheritable Myopathy
The inheritable myopathies—muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, periodic paralysis—are caused by genetic defects that result in the absence or malformation of a protein essential for normal muscle function.
A genetic defect is an error in the sequence of genes in a person's DNA. The production of proteins that help form the human body is governed by codes in the DNA. For example, the segment of DNA that contains the coding sequence for dys...Read the full article
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Inheritable Myopathies
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