1. A form of muscular dystrophy that sets in between 40 and 60 years of age and is characterized by weakness and wasting of the muscles of the hands and forearms and lower legs; inheritance is autosomal dominant
   "The patient noticed increasing difficulty with fine motor tasks, leading to a diagnosis of distal muscular dystrophy"

Type of: dystrophy, muscular dystrophy

Encyclopedia: Distal muscular dystrophy