We have factsheets with detailed information about many muscle-wasting conditions. You can download them from this page or order printed copies from us.
We also have condition-specific alert cards available for 16 different muscle-wasting conditions. You can order these by emailing us at info@musculardystrophyuk.org or calling 0800 652 6352.
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- Bethlem myopathy
- Central core disease
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
- Congenital fibre type disproportion
- Congenital muscular dystrophy
- Congenital myasthenic syndrome
- Congenital myotonic dystrophy
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy: changing needs
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
- Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP)
- GNE myopathy
- Inclusion body myositis (IBM)
- Juvenile dermatomyositis
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1B (LGMD 1B)
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1C (LGMD 1C)
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2A (LGMD 2A)
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2B (LGMD 2B)
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2i (LGMD 2i)
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2L (LGMD 2L)
- Manifesting carriers of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy
- McArdle disease
- Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy (MDC1A)
- Minicore (multicore) myopathy
- Mitochondrial myopathies
- Myasthenia gravis
- Myofibrillar myopathies
- Myotonias
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Myotubular and other centronuclear myopathies
- Nemaline myopathy
- Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)
- Periodic paralyses
- Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Rigid spine syndrome – SEPN1 related myopathy
- Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
- Sarcoglycanopathies: LGMD2C, LGMD2D, LGMD2E and LGMD2F
- Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy.