RT Book, Section
A1 Tian, Cuixia
A2 Hershey, Andrew D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1195238191
T1 The Muscular Dystrophies
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatric Neurology
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260457520
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195238191
RD 2024/10/14
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.