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dystrophy, dystrophia 1. any of various bodily disorders, characterized by wasting of tissues 2. Ecology a condition of lake water when it is too acidic and poor in oxygen to support life, resulting from excessive humus content dystrophy [′dis·trə·fē] (medicine) Defective nutrition. Defective or abnormal development or degeneration. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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71) If true, FSHD would resemble other MDs, such as Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), that are nuclear in origin. At least 6 other rare human disorders due to lamin A/C mutations (known collectively as laminopathies) besides HGS have been described so far: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (Bonne et al. |
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