Signs & Symptoms
Based on Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) disease-phenotype annotations.
Delayed relaxation of muscle fibres after contraction
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0002486
Elevated serum creatine phosphokinase
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0003236
limb girdle muscular dystrophy
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0006785
Myopathy
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0003198
Pectus excavatum
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0000767
Reduced tendon reflexes
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0001315
Stiff joint
Very frequent (80-99%)HP:0001387
Absent muscle fiber emerin
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0030117
Achilles tendon contracture
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0001771
Back pain
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0003418
EMG: myopathic changes
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0003458
Fixed flexion at the elbow joint
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0002987
Gait disturbance
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0001288
Inability to touch chin to chest
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0004631
Increased plasma LDL levels
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0003141
Increased triglycerides
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0002155
Proximal lower limb muscle atrophy
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0008956
Proximal muscle weakness in lower limbs
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0008994
Proximal muscle weakness in upper limbs
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0008997
Proximal upper limb amyotrophy
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0008948
Rimmed vacuoles
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0003805
Scapular weakness
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0003691
Spinal rigidity
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0003306
Sprengel deformity
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0000912
Type 1 muscle fiber atrophy
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0011807
Waddling gait
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0002515
Walking on tiptoes
Frequent (30-79%)HP:0030051
Cobb angle greater than ten degrees
Occasional (5-29%)HP:0002650
Eyelid ptosis
Occasional (5-29%)HP:0000508
Hunched back
Occasional (5-29%)HP:0002808
Quick Facts
- SNOMED CT
- 111508004
- UMLS CUI
- C0410189
- Fully Specified Name
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (disorder)
- Specialists
- 0
- Diagnostic Biomarkers
- 0
- HPO Phenotypes
- 30
Medical Disclaimer
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Clinical content is derived from the SNOMED CT clinical ontology and curated medical knowledge graphs.