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Any research showing a connectiion between agent orange and muscular dystrophy?

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No: Agent orange is a chemical associated with neuropathy, not muscle damage alone. It is acquired by environmental contact. Muscular dystrophy is a genetic based group of disorders, inherited, not by contact in the environment.

Answered 5/23/2015

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A/w Dr. Van Der Hars: Department of Veteran's Affairs presumptive diseases for Agent Orange include: AL Amyloidosis, Chronic B-cell Leukemias, Chloracne, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Hodgkin's Disease,Ischemic Heart Disease, Multiple Myeloma, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Parkinson's Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy, Early-Onset, Porphyria Cutanea Tarda,Prostate Cancer, some Soft Tissue Sarcomas & Respiratory Cancers.

Answered 5/26/2015

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