Its best-known form exhibits Gower's sign, while one aforementioned form results in drooping eyes and difficulty swallowing, and another can require a pacemaker because of its effects on cardiac tissue.
An adult-onset form of this condition is induced by CTG or CCTG repeats, the myotonic form. A milder form of this condition is named for Becker, which, like its best-known form, is X-linked recessive. Its best-known form exhibits Gower's sign, while one aforementioned form results in drooping eyes and difficulty swallowing, and another can require a pacemaker because of its effects on cardiac tissue. For 10 points, name this group of genetic disorders, with one type named for Duchenne, in which sufferers have weakened skeletal muscle.
An adult-onset form of this condition is induced by CTG or CCTG repeats, the myotonic form.
muscular {dystrophy}