ICD·index Chapters ENESDE
8C72.02 category

Central core disease

Definition

Central core disease (CCD) is an inherited neuromuscular disorder characterised by central cores on muscle biopsy and clinical features of a congenital myopathy (hypotonia and motor developmental delay) and is characterised by predominantly proximal weakness, pronounced in the hip girdle.

Also indexed as

Central core disease

Nearby in Congenital myopathy with structural abnormalities