A CASE REPORT- EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY

Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy is a rare disease characterised by early contractures especially in the neck,elbows and ankles, slowly progressive muscle weakness more prominent in humeroperoneal region.Age of onset between 5 and 15 years with peculiar cardiac problems in the form of conduction disturbances followed by death in some cases and need for a permanent cardiac pace maker in others1,2.