Name
BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
DIFFERENT VARITIES : *DUCHENNES MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY * MYOTONIC MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY * LIMB-GIRDLE DYSTROPHY * FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL DYSTROPHY * FRIEDREICHS ATAXIA * EMERY-DREIFUSS & ASSOCIATED DISORDERS * BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY -------------------------------------------------------------------------- D.D. - THYROID DISEASE DIABETES URAEMIAOTHER TESTS : * WESTERN BLOT ANALYSIS OF MUSCLE BIOPSY SAMPLES DEMONSTRATING DYSTROPHIN OF REDUCED AMOUNT OR ABNORMAL SIZE. * MUTATION ANALYSIS OF DNA FROM PERIPHERAL BLOOD LEUKOCYTES RECOGNISES DELETION & DUPLICATION OF DYSTROPHIN GENE IN 65% OF PATIENTS WITH BECKER DYSTROPHY * CPK - HIGH * CPK-MB - MAY BE HIGH IF HEART IS INVOLVED * ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - MAY SHOW DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY * X-RAY CHEST - MAY SHOW CARDIAC DILATATION * PROMINENT PULMONARY VASCULATURE
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
CPK ( MALE ), CPK (MB), X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, NERVE CONDUCTION TEST, BIOPSY STRIATED MUSCLE