• Myotonic Dystrophy (MD) is the largest deadly muscle disorder

Myotonic Dystrophy (MD) is the largest deadly muscle disorder

Approx.7.000 people in The Netherlands have the genetic defect that triggers the desease. At  the level of the European Union, that would be approx. 200.000 people. Not all these people have the most deadly variant, but the desease is directly heritable and gets worse from one generation to the next.

MD (Nederland) is a charity set-up to promote
  • More funding for research
  • More awareness
  • More entrepeneurship