muscular dystrophy

diseases that weaken the body's muscles
MedicalCondition designated_intractable_rare_disease Q1137767
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muscular dystrophy

Summary

muscular dystrophy is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 562 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #51 of 201).[2]

Key Facts

  • muscular dystrophy's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[3].
  • muscular dystrophy's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • muscular dystrophy is a type of genetic peripheral neuropathy[5].
  • muscular dystrophy is a type of muscular disease[6].
  • muscular dystrophy is a type of disease[7].
  • muscular dystrophy's Commons category is recorded as Muscular dystrophies[8].
  • muscular dystrophy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Muscular dystrophy[9].
  • muscular dystrophy's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4522[10].
  • muscular dystrophy's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 359.1[11].
  • muscular dystrophy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84910[12].
  • muscular dystrophy's health specialty is recorded as neurology[13].
  • muscular dystrophy's health specialty is recorded as pediatrics[14].
  • muscular dystrophy's health specialty is recorded as medical genetics[15].
  • muscular dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9884[16].
  • muscular dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9884[17].
  • muscular dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0003560[18].
  • muscular dystrophy's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98473[19].
  • muscular dystrophy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[20].

Why It Matters

muscular dystrophy draws 562 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #51 of 201).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Retrieved . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Retrieved . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · WikiHelper232 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Muscular dystrophy
    Instance of
    Factgrid item id Q1745750
    Health specialty neurology, pediatrics, medical genetics
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P227]]: 4124922-7"
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