MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Distal Myopathies
Tree Number(s): C05.651.534.500.074; C10.668.491.175.500.074; C16.320.577.074
Unique ID: D049310
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049310
Scope Note: A heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive MUSCULAR ATROPHY and MUSCLE WEAKNESS beginning in the hands, the legs, or the feet. Most are adult-onset autosomal dominant forms. Others are autosomal recessive.
Entry Term(s): Distal Muscular Dystrophies; Distal Myopathy; Distal Myopathy 1; Distal Myopathy Markesbery-Griggs Type; Finnish-Markesbery Muscular Dystrophy; Laing Distal Myopathy; Laing Early-Onset Distal Myopathy; Muscular Dystrophy, Distal; Muscular Dystrophy, Distal, Late-Onset, Autosomal Dominant; Myopathy, Distal 1; Myopathy, Distal, Early-Onset, Autosomal Dominant; Myopathy, Distal, Swedish; Myopathy, Late Distal Hereditary; Tardive Tibial Muscular Dystrophy; Tibial Muscular Dystrophy; Tibial Muscular Dystrophy, Tardive; Udd Distal Myopathy; Udd Myopathy; Udd-Markesbery Muscular Dystrophy; Welander Distal Myopathy
Previous Indexing: Muscular Diseases (1965-2004); Muscular Dystrophies (1966-2004)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES 2000-2004
History Note: 2005; use MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES 2000-2004
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2018/10/10

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0335585
Scope Note: A heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive MUSCULAR ATROPHY and MUSCLE WEAKNESS beginning in the hands, the legs, or the feet. Most are adult-onset autosomal dominant forms. Others are autosomal recessive.
Terms: Distal Myopathies Preferred Term
Term UI T369179
Date11/08/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Distal Myopathy
Term UI T582258
Date04/09/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Muscular Dystrophy, Distal
Term UI T582266
Date04/09/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Distal Muscular Dystrophies
Term UI T582259
Date04/09/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005)

Concept UI: M0464105
Terms: Tibial Muscular Dystrophy Preferred Term
Term UI T582273
Date04/09/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Udd Myopathy
Term UI T843573
Date05/03/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Udd-Markesbery Muscular Dystrophy
Term UI T582275
Date04/09/2004
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Finnish-Markesbery Muscular Dystrophy
Term UI T582274
Date04/09/2004
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Udd Distal Myopathy
Term UI T842589
Date04/18/2013
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID GHR (2014)

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