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In profile – MDI member, Thomas Byrne, shares his story of living with the neuromuscular condition, Charcot-Marie-Tooth

I am 52 and from County Laois. I have worked with Citizens’ Information since 2006 and I also do some voluntary work with Cuisle Cancer Support Centre. I go to Beaumont Hospital ever year for a check-up with consultant neurologist, Margaret O’Brien, as I have the neuromuscular condition, Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT). I also have dyslexia. My […]

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Muscular Dystrophy Ireland CLG
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Telephone: 1800 245 300

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CHY Charity Number: 6849
Company Number: 60460
Country of registration: Ireland

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1. Muscular Dystrophies

Becker muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Manifesting carrier of Duchenne
Congenital muscular dystrophy
• General
• MDC1A (merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy)
• Rigid spine syndrome (RSS)
• Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophies
• Bethlem myopathy
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Limb-girdle types of muscular dystrophy (LGMD)
• General
• LGMD 1B (also known as Laminopathy)
• LGMD 1C (also known as Caveolinopathy)
• LGMD 2A (also known as Calpainopathy)
• LGMD 2B (also known as Dysferlinopathy)
• LGMD 2I
Ocular myopathies including ocularopharangeal muscular dystrophy

2. Myotonic Disorders

Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy
Myotonia
Myotonic Dystrophy

3. Congenital Myopathies

Central Core Myopathy
Congenital Fibre-type Disproportion Myopathy
Minicore (Multicore) myopathy
Myotubular or Centronuclear myopathy
Nemaline myopathy

4. Mitochondrial Myopathies

Mitochondrial Myopathies

5. Metabolic Disorders

Metabolic disorders (general)
McArdle’s Disease
Pompe’s Disease

6. Periodic Paralyses

Periodic Paralyses

7. Autoimmune Myositis

Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis and Sarcoid myopathy
Juvenile dermatomyositis
Inclusion body myositis

8. Spinal Muscular Atrophies

Severe (Type I)
Intermediate (Type II)
Mild (Type III)
Adult spinal muscular atrophy

9. Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies

(Also known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth or Peroneal muscular atrophy)

10. Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

Congenital myasthenic syndromes
Myasthenia Gravis

11. Friedreich’s Ataxia

Friedreich’s Ataxia