muscular dystrophy
diseases that weaken the body's muscles
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Summary
muscular dystrophy is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 5,455 Wikipedia views per month (designated intractable rare disease category, ranking #51 of 201).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: genetic peripheral neuropathy[4], muscular disease[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Muscular dystrophies[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Muscular dystrophy[8]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4522[9]
- ICD-9-CM: 359.1[10]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C84910[11]
- Health specialty: neurology[12], pediatrics[13], medical genetics[14]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9884[15], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9884[16], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0003560[17], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98473[18]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[19]
Why It Matters
muscular dystrophy has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]