TY - JOUR
T1 - The muscular dystrophies. Clinical update on two major types
AU - Appel, Stanley H.
PY - 1978/1/1
Y1 - 1978/1/1
N2 - The muscular dystrophies are inherited diseases involving skeletal muscle and, to a variable extent, many other organs of the body. Each present a distinctive clinical syndrome, and each presumably reflects a distinctive inborn error of metabolism. The precise metabolic defect is not known for any of these disorders. However, recent studies suggest that abnormalities in cellular membranes may help explain clinical deficits in two of the most important disorders. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and myotonic muscular dystrophy.
AB - The muscular dystrophies are inherited diseases involving skeletal muscle and, to a variable extent, many other organs of the body. Each present a distinctive clinical syndrome, and each presumably reflects a distinctive inborn error of metabolism. The precise metabolic defect is not known for any of these disorders. However, recent studies suggest that abnormalities in cellular membranes may help explain clinical deficits in two of the most important disorders. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy and myotonic muscular dystrophy.
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U2 - 10.1080/00325481.1978.11714902
DO - 10.1080/00325481.1978.11714902
M3 - Article
C2 - 673985
AN - SCOPUS:0018074005
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 64
SP - 93
EP - 102
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 2
ER -