Editing Muscular dystrophy (section)

==Causes==
The majority of muscular dystrophies are [[Heredity|inherited]]; the different muscular dystrophies follow various inheritance patterns ([[X-linked]], [[Autosomal Recessive|autosomal recessive]] or [[autosomal dominant]]). In a small percentage of patients, the disorder may have been caused by a [[spontaneous mutation|''de novo'' (spontaneous) mutation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Muscular-dystrophy/Pages/Causes.aspx|title=Muscular dystrophy - Causes - NHS Choices|last=Choices|first=NHS|website=www.nhs.uk|access-date=2016-04-10|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402141504/http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Muscular-dystrophy/pages/causes.aspx|archive-date=2016-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Griffiths |first1=Anthony JF |last2=Miller |first2=Jeffrey H. |last3=Suzuki |first3=David T. |last4=Lewontin |first4=Richard C. |last5=Gelbart |first5=William M. |title=Spontaneous mutations |date=2000 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21897/ }}{{page needed|date=January 2020}}</ref>