This page is devoted to the rock and metal concert/fundraiser called ROCK AGAINST DYSTROPHY. Muscular Dystrophy refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases that cause progressive muscle weakness. Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue. Nine diseases including Duchenne, Becker, limb girdle, congenital, facioscapulohumeral, myotonic, oculopharyngeal, distal, and Emery-Dreifuss are always classified as muscular dystrophy but there are more than 100 diseases in total with similarities to muscular dystrophy. Most types of MD are multi-system disorders with manifestations in body systems including the heart, gastrointestinal and nervous systems, endocrine glands, skin, eyes and other organs. We plan on holding this concert with several bands and raising enough money to hopefully one day extinguish MD. ROCK AGAINST DYSTROPHY puts together fundraising events to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. For more information on Muscular Dystrophy and the Muscular Dystrophy Association you can go to www.mda.org
THERE IS NO CURE FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
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