Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy DOID:11726 James Malone Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (disorder) EMD - Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Hauptmann-Thannhauser Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy, Scapuloperoneal SNOMEDCT:111508004 GeneRIF:12467752 Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 2 Emery Dreifuss Syndrome URI: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/cellline#Emery-Dreifuss_muscular_dystrophy MSH:D020389 Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy (disorder) Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, X-Linked Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, Autosomal Dominant GeneRIF:12755701 GeneRIF:11973618 SNOMEDCT:129620000 GeneRIF:15009215 Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Scapuloilioperoneal Atrophy with Cardiopathy Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Autosomal Recessive GeneRIF:12684533 Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss Type Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X Linked Benign scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy with early contractures A heterogenous group of inherited muscular dystrophy without the involvement of nervous system. The disease is characterized by MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; CONTRACTURE of the elbows; ACHILLES TENDON; and posterior cervical muscles; with or without cardiac features. There are several INHERITANCE PATTERNS including X-linked (X CHROMOSOME), autosomal dominant, and autosomal recessive gene mutations. muscular dystrophy