TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - The Muscular Dystrophies
A1  - Tian, Cuixia
A2  - Hershey, Andrew D.
Y1  - 2023
N1  - 
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatric Neurology
AB  - The  muscular  dystrophies  are  a  group  of  genetic  diseases  that  affect  muscle  and  cause  myofibril  degeneration  and  regeneration  and  are  characterized  by  progressive  muscle  wasting  and  weakness.  They  are  subdivided  into  several  groups,  including  congenital  forms  (congenital  muscular  dystrophy  [CMD]);  Duchenne  muscular  dystrophy  (DMD)  and  Becker  muscular  dystrophy  (BMD);  limb-girdle  muscular  dystrophy  (LGMD);  Emery-Dreifuss  muscular  dystrophy  (EDMD);  oculopharyngeal;  distal;  and  facioscapulohumeral.  Here  we  are  focusing  on  the  muscular  dystrophies  primarily  or  commonly  affecting  children:  DMD,  BMD,  LGMD,  and  EDMD.  CMD  is  discussed  in  Chapter  43.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195238191
ER  -