( ( Like ( other ( muscular dystrophies ) ) ) ( it ( ( is ( ( a ( wasting disease ) ) ( of muscle ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN Like) (NP (JJ other) (JJ muscular) (NNS dystrophies))) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN wasting) (NN disease)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN muscle))))) (. .)))
Like other muscular dystrophies it is a wasting disease of muscle.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Muscular) (NN dystrophy)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (DT a) (DT a) (NN wasting) (NN disease))) (. .)))