Here are some diffferent resources that will help you to better understand this disease. Basically Muscular Dystrophy is a group of more than 30 genetic diseases that are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement.

There are 9 diseases that are ALWAYS classified as MD. One of them is Duchenne. That is what Petey has. I’ll go into more details on this in another post. For now check out the list below.

• http://www.mdausa.org/disease/40list.html (a list of different MD diseases with descriptions
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscular_dystrophy
• http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/bones/muscular_dystrophy.html

Okay, that should be enough to get you going. Thank you for your interest in this disease. If you find any other helpful resources along your searches, put them in as a comment.

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