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Monica Australian Newspaper
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Bring on the research muscle
* Lynnette Hoffman
* May 16, 2009 12:00AM
MONICA Ellis can't smile but she hasn't lost her ability to laugh. At age five, Ellis was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy known as facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, a disease characterised by progressive muscle weakness and loss of skeletal muscles.
Symptoms usually begin in the face, upper arms and back, which is where the name comes from. As the disease progresses, other muscle groups can be affected.