Genetics?: Muscular atrophy (loss of bulk) can occur as a result of disuse or after inflammation , infection, endocrine disorder etc. When it has a genetic basis it is called muscular dystrophy.
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Muscular Dystrophy : is a group of genetic disorders inherited in different patterns & characterized by loss of muscle tissue, or atrophy, progressive muscle weakness & defects in muscle protein. Muscle atrophy, or loss of muscle tissue, is either from disuse or from any disorder of or trauma to areas of the central nervous system or the nerves that control muscles. Treatments of muscle atrophy depend on the cause.
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