Sentences with phrase «associated progressive muscle weakness»
Muscular dystrophies are diseases of the muscle characterized by muscle fiber degeneration and associated progressive muscle weakness.
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In their study, Stephanie Cherqui, PhD, associate professor in the UC San Diego School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, and colleagues used a transgenic mouse model that expresses two mutant human FXN transgenes, and exhibits the resulting progressive neurological degeneration and muscle weakness.
Zika infection is also strongly associated with Guillain - Barré Syndrome (GBS), an autoimmune disease that attacks the peripheral nervous system, leading to rapidly progressive and potentially life - threatening muscle weakness.