Neuromuscular Program
Our experts diagnose and treat a variety of neuromuscular disorders — including congenital myopathies, muscular dystrophy, neuromuscular junction and inflammatory muscle disorders.
Children exhibiting the following symptoms are eligible for referral:
- Elevated CPK
- Progressive muscle weakness
- Progressive deterioration of motor skills
- Chronic muscle cramps
- Family history of a neuromuscular disorder
The neuromuscular disorders we address include:
- Myotonic dystrophy
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Becker muscular dystrophy
- Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy
- Congenital muscular dystrophy
- Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
- Distal muscular dystrophy
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
- Infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy
- Intermediate spinal muscular atrophy
- Juvenile spinal muscular atrophy
- Inflammatory myopathies
- Polymyositis
- Dermatomyositis
- Inclusion-body myositis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Lambert-Eaton (myasthenic syndrome)
- Congenital myasthenic syndrome
- Diseases of peripheral nerve
- Charcot-Marie Tooth disease
- Friedreich’s ataxia