PERIODIC paralysis and Thomsen's disease (myotonia congenita) have been placed under a new division of muscle disease, "Disorders of Excitability and Contractility." 1 In the 1951 Medical Progress ...

In addition to reduced muscle mass, sarcopenia can cause the following symptoms: weakness or frailty balance ... is a group of genetic disorders that causes a loss of motor nerve cells and muscle ...

For millions of people, losing muscle isn't just about weakness; it's about losing independence. Whether caused by Duchenne ...

In 2009, she worked with him to map a gene that eventually was linked to myofibrillar myopathies (MFM), a group of diseases resulting in progressive muscle weakness that is characterized by protein ...

Background A 56-year-old woman was referred to a neurogenetic clinic with a history of stiffness and transient weakness ... Thomsen's disease presents with muscle stiffness, but it can be ...

A few disorders can greatly impact your daily ... (MG), an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles responsible for movement. The muscle weakness worsens ...

Arnold added that while all adults lose motor neurons as they age, he and his research team are learning that the muscle weakness linked with sarcopenia is less about the loss of the number of ...

The NIH website states that “Myasthenia Gravis is a chronic auto immune neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles, which are responsible for breathing and moving parts ...