Awareness of muscular dystrophy in primary health care workers in Haryana.

Muscles gradually deteriorate as a result of a group of inherited degenerative disorders called the muscular dystrophies. They may be X-linked, autosomal dominant, or recessive traits that are handed down.肌肉营养不良症（muscular dystrophies）是一类遗传性退行性疾病，可导致肌肉逐渐发生退行性病变。该类疾病可表现为X连锁、常染色体显性或隐性遗传性状，并以相应方式向下传递。