His mouth was drawn back at the corners, resembling the transverse laugh of progressive muscular dystrophy.

Because Helene was born with a progressive muscular dystrophy, Kantor accepted a position as a professor at Indiana University where he would remain for 39 years.

Zaspopathy, also called ZASP-related myofibril myopathy, is a novel autosomal dominant form of progressive muscular dystrophy, first described in 2005.

Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome: A hereditary form of slowly progressive muscular dystrophy involving primarily the musculature of the shoulders and face, with pattern of inheritance autosomal dominant.

Throughout the course of the late 19th century, other conditions were discovered which had previously been thought to be PMA, such as pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, hereditary muscular atrophy, progressive myopathy, progressive muscular dystrophy, peripheral neuritis, and syringomyelia.

In 2006, it played a leading role in the legal and political battle in favour of euthanasia and of the principle of a "Biological Testament" (Living Will) promoted by Piergiorgio Welby, the President of the Association, who suffered from progressive muscular dystrophy.