Table 1.
Lesion level | Hereditary | Acquired | Abbreviation |
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Anterior horn | Spinal muscular atrophy Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | SMA ALS |
|
Post-polio syndrome | PPS | ||
Nerve | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease |
Guillain–Barre syndrome Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy Neuropathy with monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance |
CMT GBS CIDP MGUS |
Neuromuscular junction | Myasthenia gravis Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome |
MG LEMS |
|
Muscle | Duchenne muscular dystrophy Becker muscular dystrophy Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy Limb–Girdle muscular dystrophies Emery–Dreifuss dystrophy Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy Myotonic dystrophy Pompe's disease |
DMD BMD FSHD LGMD EDD OPMD DM PD |
|
Polymyositis Dermatomyositis |
PM DM |
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Inclusion body myositis | IBM |