Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
●Specialty care for the patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2018)
●Diagnostic approach to the congenital muscular dystrophies (2014)
●Consensus statement on standard of care for congenital muscular dystrophies (2010)
Canada
●CTS: Clinical practice guideline on home mechanical ventilation (2011)
United States
●Myotonic Dystrophy Foundation (MDF): Myotonic dystrophy – Toolkits & publications
●Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD): Adult imperatives for Duchenne MD – A guide for providers
●PPMD: Imperatives for Duchenne MD – A guide for providers
●American Academy of Neurology (AAN): Practice guideline update summary – Corticosteroid treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2016, reaffirmed 2022)
●AAN and American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM): Evidence-based guideline summary – Evaluation, diagnosis, and management of congenital muscular dystrophy (2015, reaffirmed 2021)
●AAN and AANEM: Evidence-based guideline summary – Evaluation, diagnosis, and management of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (2015, reaffirmed 2021)
●AAN and AANEM: Evidence-based guideline summary – Diagnosis and treatment of limb-girdle and distal dystrophies (2014, reaffirmed 2017)
Europe
United Kingdom
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japanese Society of Neurology (JSN): Practical guideline for dystrophia myotonica (DM) (2020)
●[In Japanese] JSN: Guidance for advancing the diagnosis of muscular dystrophy (2019)
●[In Japanese] Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (JARM): Japanese guidelines for pulmonary rehabilitation of neuromuscular disease and spinal cord injury, 1st edition (2014)
●[In Japanese] JSN, Japanese Society of Child Neurology (JSCN), National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (NCNP): Practical guideline for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) (2014)