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Muscle diseases
Congenital myopathy :
A group of congenital muscle diseases cause by abnormalities during
embryonic development of muscles, some of them is fatal while the others are
non-progressive.
Clinical picture:
-Bilateral, symmetrical, proximal more than distal → hypotonia, hyporeflexia,
-muscle wasting.
-Joints contracture, variable ocular, facial and respiratory weakness.
Endocrine myopathy :
Thyroid myopathies, parathyroid myopathies and steroid induced myopathies.
Muscular dystrophies:
