8C70.3
category
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Definition
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominantly inherited muscle disease characterised by progressive muscle weakness with initial focal involvement of the facial, shoulder and arm muscles.
Also indexed as
FMD - [facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy]FSH - [facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy]FSHD - [facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy]Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophyLandouzy-Dejerine diseaseLandouzy-Déjerine atrophyLandouzy-Déjerine dystrophy or facioscapulohumeral atrophyLandouzy-Déjérine muscular dystrophyfacioscapulohumeral atrophyfacioscapulohumeral muscle dystrophyfacioscapulohumeral myopathy
Nearby in Muscular dystrophy
8C70.0Becker muscular dystrophy8C70.1Duchenne muscular dystrophy8C70.2Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy8C70.4Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy8C70.5Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy8C70.6Congenital muscular dystrophy4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified