Becker disease: A rare inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by muscle stiffness when movement is initiated and difficulty relaxing muscles after movement had occurred. Becker disease is a recessively inherited form of myotonia congenita and usually occurs later in childhood than the dominantly inherited form and muscle stiffness is usually more severe. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Becker disease is available below.
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Becker disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Becker disease, or a subtype of Becker disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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