adult pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy

Beck·er mus·cu·lar dys·tro·phy

, Becker-type tardive muscular dystrophy (bek'ĕr),

a hereditary muscle disorder of late onset, usually in the second or third decade, affecting the proximal muscles with characteristic pseudohypertrophy of the calves; clinical features similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy but much milder and not a genetic lethal; X-linked recessive inheritance, with both Becker and Duchenne dystrophies caused by mutation in the dystrophin gene on Xp. Compare: Duchenne dystrophy.

Synonym(s): adult pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy

a·dult pseu·do·hy·per·troph·ic mus·cu·lar dys·tro·phy

(ă-dŭlt' sū'dō-hī'pĕr-trō'fik mŭs'kyū-lăr dis'trŏ-fē)

Muscular dystrophy of late onset, often in the second or third decade, with a relatively mild course.

Becker,

Peter Emil, German geneticist, 1908–.

Becker muscular dystrophy - a muscular dystrophy that has many of the clinical features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Synonym(s): adult pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; Becker-type tardive muscular dystrophy

Becker-type tardive muscular dystrophy - Synonym(s): Becker muscular dystrophy