The onset of this disease can begin even before birth but is more commonly in childhood or later into adult life. The progression is slow, with symptoms of weakness and walking difficulties sometimes not presenting until middle age. Early symptoms include Gower's sign ("climbing" up the thighs with the hands when rising from the floor) and tiptoe-walking caused by the beginning of contractures. Contractures of the fingers are a typical symptom of<unk>  but not of the related Ullrich's myopathy (which does include contractures of arms and legs, as does<unk> . Serum creatine kinase is elevated in<unk> , as there is ongoing muscle cell death. Patients with<unk>  may expect a normal life span and continued mobility into adulthood.
Bethlem myopathy
Brody myopathy
Nemaline myopathy
Muscular dystrophy
Centronuclear myopathy
Hereditary inclusion body myopathy
Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy
Duchenne muscular dystrophy