Types of LONDs
Late-onset neuromuscular diseases (LONDs) are a group of neuromuscular conditions that typically begin or start showing symptoms in adulthood. The following conditions are considered LONDs. It’s important to talk to your doctor if you think you have symptoms of any of these conditions.
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- Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculopathy (AIDP, Guillain-Barré)
- Adult spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)
- Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP)
- Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD)
- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
- GNE myopathy
- Hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (hATTR)
- Inclusion body myositis (IBM)
- Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS)
- Late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD)
- Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD)
- Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN)
- Myasthenia gravis (MG)
- Myotonic dystrophy (DM) types 1 and 2
- Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)
- Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA, Kennedy’s Disease)
- VCP Disease
