Amyotrophy
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Amyotrophy is progressive wasting of muscle
Muscle
Muscle is a contractile tissue of animals and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. Muscle cells contain contractile filaments that move past each other and change the size of the cell. They are classified as skeletal, cardiac, or smooth muscles. Their function is to...

 tissues. Muscle pain is also a symptom. It can occur in middle age males with type 2 diabetes. It also occurs with Motor Neuron Disease.

See also

  • Diabetic amyotrophy
    Diabetic amyotrophy
    Proximal diabetic neuropathy or lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy, previously termed diabetic amyotrophy, is a diabetic neuropathy characterized by painful muscle wasting and weakness. It affects the lower limbs and is typically asymmetric...

  • Monomelic amyotrophy
    Monomelic amyotrophy
    Monomelic amyotrophy is an untreatable, focal, motor neuron disease that primarily affects young males in India and Japan...

  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a form of motor neuron disease caused by the degeneration of upper and lower neurons, located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and the cortical neurons that provide their efferent input...

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