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. 2019 Nov 22;10:794. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00794

Table 1.

Neuroanatomical classification of neuromuscular diseases.

Lesion level Hereditary Acquired Abbreviation
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
Inclusion body myositis IBM