The Muscular Dystrophy Clinic at Children’s of Alabama offers a multidisciplinary team approach in the diagnosis, treatment and continuing care of children with neuromuscular diseases. Supported in part by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), we provide comprehensive medical care to a variety of neuromuscular illnesses.

Conditions Treated:

Each year, we care for more than 200 patients from around the southeast with a wide range of neuromuscular disorders including:

• Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT)

• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)

• Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

• Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy

• Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD)

• Friedrich’s Ataxia

• Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy

• Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

• Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)