Alan E.H. Emery, Francesco Muntoni, Rosaline Quinlivan
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
Fourth edition
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 308 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits
SERIES
Series Title
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ;
ISSN of Series
67
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Symbols and abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to Duchenne muscular dystrphy -- 2. History of the disease -- 3. Clinical features -- 4. Confirmation of the diagnosis -- 5. Differential diagnosis -- 6. Involvement of tissues other than skeletal muscle -- 7. Biochemistry of Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- 8. Genetics -- 9. Molecular pathology -- 10. Pathogenesis -- 11. Prevention -- 12. Genetic counselling -- 13. Management -- Appendix 1. Egen Klassifikation Scale Version 2 (EK2) -- Appendix 2. The North Star Ambulatory Assessment -- Appendix 3. Muscular dystrophy associations and groups in various countries (2013) -- Index