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BOX 8. DIAGNOSIS OF MYOPATHY BASED ON PATTERN OF INHERITANCE.

X-linked

Becker’s MD, Duchenne’s MD, Emery-Dreifuss MD

Autosomal dominant

Central Core Myopathy, FSH, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy type 1, Oculopharyngeal MD,

Myotonic dystrophy, Paramyotonia congenita, Periodic paralysis, Thomsen’s disease

Autosomal recessive

Becker’s myotonia, Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy type 2, Metabolic myopathies

Maternal transmission

Mitochondrial myopathies