Neuromuscular service

About the Neuromuscular Service

The 10 most common Neuromuscular conditions seen in South Yorkshire (in order of prevalence) are:

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (Hereditary motor and Sensory Neuropathy)

• Myotonic Dystrophy

• Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSH)

• Becker Muscular Dystrophy

• Limb Gurdle Muscular Dystrophy

• Spinal Muscular Atrophy

• Inflammatory Myopathies including Inclusion Body Myositis

• Hereditary Spastic Paraparesis (HSP)

• Myasthenia Gravis