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Myopathic changes


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Superficial anterior muscles
Superficial anterior muscles
Overview
Definition

Myopathic changes are weakness or biopsy results that suggest a muscle disorder, such as muscular dystrophy.


Causes, incidence, and risk factors



Review Date: 03/21/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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