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Muscular Disorders, Atrophic

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Definition: Disorders characterized by an abnormal reduction in muscle volume due to a decrease in the size or number of muscle fibers. Atrophy may result from diseases intrinsic to muscle tissue (e.g., MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY) or secondary to PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES that impair innervation to muscle tissue (e.g., MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL).     
See Also Muscular Atrophy
Examples Muscular Dystrophies; Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome 		Other names Spinopontine Atrophies; Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophies; Spinobulbar Atrophies; Muscular Disorder, Atrophic; Muscular Atrophies, Spinobulbar; Disuse Atrophy; Disuse Atrophies; Disorders, Atrophic Muscular; Disorder, Atrophic Muscular; Atrophy, Spinobulbar Muscular; Atrophy, Spinobulbar; Atrophies, Spinopontine; Atrophies, Spinobulbar Muscular; Atrophies, Spinobulbar; Atrophies, Disuse; Atrophic Muscular Disorder; Spinopontine Atrophy; Spinobulbar Atrophy; Atrophic Muscular Disorders; Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Optic atrophy polyneuropathy deafness  0   *Hearing Loss, Central *Polyneuropathies *Optic Atrophies, Hereditary *Muscular Disorders, Atrophic.

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