Neuromuscular diseases affecting respiratory function
Neuropathic disease |
Motor neuron disease |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Poliomyelitis, post-polio syndrome |
Spinal muscular atrophy |
Paralytic rabies |
Peripheral neuropathies |
Guillain–Barré syndrome, Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
Critical illness polyneuropathy |
Unilateral or bilateral diaphragm paralysis |
Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease |
Disorders of the neuromuscular junction |
Myasthenia gravis, congenital myastenic syndrome, Lambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome |
Botulism, poisoning with curare and organophosphate |
Myopathies |
Acquired myopaties |
Polymyositis, dermatomyositis |
Critical illness myopathy |
Inherited myopathies |
Progressive muscular dystrophy |
Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
Becker muscular dystrophy |
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy |
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy |
Myotonic dystrophy |
Congenital myopathies |
Nemaline myopathy, core diseases, myotubular myopathy |
Congenital muscular dystrophy |
Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy, Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy, merosin-positive congenital muscular dystrophy, rigid spine muscular dystrophy |
Metabolic myopaties |
Mitocondrial myopaty, glycogen storage disease type 2 |