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The evidence is lacking about the use of immunosuppressant and immunomodulatory agents in dermatomyositis and polymyositis Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Dermatomyositis.
Evidence is insufficient to determine whether drug treatment is safe and effective in the treatment of myotonia. Clomipramine and imipramine seem to have a short-term and taurine a long-term beneficial effect on myotonia but larger, well-designed trials are needed Drug Treatment for Myotonia.
Glucocorticoid corticosteroid therapy improves muscle strength and function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy in the short-term. Long-term adverse effects of glucocorticoid therapy raise concerns Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
There is insufficient evidence on the effectiveness of different treatments in the management of dysphagia in chronic muscle disease Treatment of Dysphagia in Long-Term, Chronic Muscle Disease.
In mitochondrial myopathy aerobic exercise combined with strength training may increase submaximal endurance capacity. In myotonic dystrophy and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy strength training may not offer any benefit Training for Muscle Diseases.
In muscular dystrophies short- and medium-term creatine treatment appears to increase muscle strength Creatine for Treating Muscle Disorders.

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Proximal spinal muscular atrophy. Orphanet ORPHA70 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=633&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Proximal-spinal-muscular-atrophy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Proximal-spinal-muscular-atrophy&title=Proximal-spin
Kennedy disease. Orphanet ORPHA481 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=169&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=kennedy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Kennedy-disease&title=Kennedy-disease&search=Disease_Search_Simple
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 1. Orphanet ORPHA83330 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=11563
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 3, Kugelberg-Welander disease. Orphanet ORPHA83419 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=11566
Proximal spinal muscular atrophy type 4. Orphanet ORPHA83420 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=11567
Congenital muscular dystrophy. Orphanet ORPHA97242 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=12865&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Congenital-muscular-dystrophy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Congenital-muscular-dystrophy&title=Congenital-muscul
Congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A. Orphanet ORPHA258 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=284
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy. Orphanet ORPHA262 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=55&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Duchenne-and-Becker-muscular-dystrophy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Duchenne-and-Becker-muscular-dystrophy&title=Du
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. Orphanet ORPHA269 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=62&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Facioscapulohumeral-muscular-myopathy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Facioscapulohumeral-muscular-myopathy&title=Faci
Steinert myotonic dystrophy. Orphanet ORPHA273 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=77&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Steinert-myotonic-dystrophy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&disease(s)/group of diseases=Steinert-myotonic-dystrophy&title=Steinert-myotoni
Thomsen and Becker disease. Orphanet ORPHA614 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=75&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Thomsen-and-Becker-disease&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Thomsen-and-Becker-disease&title=Thomsen-and-Becker-disease
Tibial muscular dystrophy. Orphanet ORPHA609 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=8730&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Tibial-muscular-dystrophy&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Tibial-muscular-dystrophy&title=Tibial-muscular-dystrophy&
Distal myopathy, Welander type. Orphanet ORPHA603 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=8727&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=Distal-myopathy--Welander-type&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Distal-myopathy--Welander-type&title=Distal-myopathy-
Polymyositis. Orphanet ORPHA732 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=700&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=polymyositis&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Polymyositis&title=Polymyositis&search=Disease_Search_Simple
Dermatomyositis. Orphanet ORPHA221 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=701&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseGroup=dermatomyositis&Disease_Disease_Search_diseaseType=Pat&Disease(s) concerned=Dermatomyositis&title=Dermatomyositis&search=Disease_Search_Simple
Inclusion body myositis. Orphanet ORPHA611 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=690
Proximal myotonic myopathy, Myotonic dystrophy type 2. Orphanet ORPHA606 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=545
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Orphanet ORPHA263 http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/Disease_Search.php?lng=EN&data_id=8734
Spinal muscular atrophy, type I; SMA 1. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/253300
Spinal muscular atrophy, type II; SMA 2. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/253550
Spinal muscular atrophy, type III; SMA 3. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/253400
Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type; DMD. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/310200
Muscular dystrophy, Becker type; BMD. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/300376
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1A; FSHMD1A. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/158900
Dystrophia myotonica 1. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/160900
Dystrophia myotonica 2; DM2. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/602668
Myotonia congenita, autosomal dominant. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/160800
Tibial muscular dystrophy, tardive. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/600334
Inclusion body myositis. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/147421
Mitochondrial myopathy. OMIM http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/251900

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