ICD-11 definition : Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophies are a group of genetically heterogeneous myopathies
characterized by progressive weakness and wasting of scapular and anterior leg muscles.
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a classic scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy
associated with early contractures and cardiac arrhythmia, but other muscle disorders
can also present with a scapuloperoneal phenotype.;
ICD-11 inclusion : scapuloperoneal dystrophy; scapuloperoneal syndrome; benign scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy with early contractures;
Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophies are a group of genetically heterogeneous myopathies
characterized by progressive weakness and wasting of scapular and anterior leg muscles.
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a classic scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy
associated with early contractures and cardiac arrhythmia, but other muscle disorders
can also present with a scapuloperoneal phenotype.
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)