Central Core Disease

Central core disease is a type of inherited myopathy that causes problems with the tone and contraction of skeletal muscles.

A group of people from neuromuscular advocacy organizations gathered at the 2024 MDA Clinical & Scientific Conference.
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Understanding Titinopathies

By Myrna Traylor | May 9, 2024
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Simply Stated: The Creatine Kinase Test

By Sharon Hesterlee, Ph.D. | March 7, 2024
Doctor Using Stethascope on a Baby
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Understanding Hypotonia or Low Muscle Tone in Infants

By Myrna Traylor | August 15, 2023
Sean Wallace, a young white man with a black baseball cap, dark brown beard, and black shirt and pants, sits in a black power wheelchair in the center of a gently arching bridge with green railings. Neither end of the bridge is visible in the photo, so the man and bridge appear to be suspended in a sky with purple-tinged clouds above white-capped sea waves.
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Top 4 Reader Photos of 2022

By MDA Staff | November 18, 2022
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Simply Stated: What Is Neuromuscular Disease?

By Amy Bernstein | June 8, 2022
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MDA Summer Camp Primes Kids for Independence

By Cheryl Alkon | May 13, 2022
Scientific conference speakers
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A Successful In-Person Conference

By MDA Staff | May 13, 2022
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Parent Pressure

By Shaila Wunderlich | May 7, 2021
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Prepare Yourself

By Donna Albrecht | March 26, 2019