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Muscular Dystrophies:     more books (100)

Muscular Dystrophy in Children: A Guide for Families by Irwin M. Siegel, 1999-06-10 Muscular Dystrophy (The Facts) by Alan E.H. Emery, 2008-06-02 Occupational Therapy and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Kate Stone, Claire Tester, et all 2007-11-02 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Advances in Therapeutics (Neurological Disease and Therapy) Muscular Dystrophy (Genetic and Developmental Diseases and Disorders) by Paula Johanson, 2008-09 Muscular Dystrophy (Diseases and Disorders) by Melissa Abramovitz, 2008-06-13 The Muscular Dystrophies In Your Face Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy All Pain All Glory by Misty VanderWeele, 2010-08-23 Muscular Dystrophy: theFacts by Alan Emery, 2000-06-15 Muscular Dystrophy and Other Neuromuscular Diseases: Psychosocial Issues Muscular Dystrophy and Other Neuromuscular Diseases: Psychosocial Issues Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (Oxford Medical Publications) by Alan E. H. Emery, 1993-01-01 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References by ICON Health Publications, 2004-03-24 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy by Alan Emery, Francesco Muntoni, 2003-10-23

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1. Muscular Dystrophies/Myopathies
   muscular dystrophies and Myopathies. Myopathies are diseases of themuscles. They can be caused by an inherited genetic abnormality  
   http://ucneurology.uchicago.edu/Neurological_Disorders/NeuroMuscular/Muscular_Dy
   
   Extractions: Muscular Dystrophies and Myopathies Myopathies are diseases of the muscles. They can be caused by an inherited genetic abnormality (as in muscular dystrophy) or an abnormality of the immune system (such as polymyositis). These disorders can develop at any time from birth through adulthood. University of Chicago neurologists have expertise in treating many different muscle diseases. There are many types of muscular dystrophy (MD). These diseases are classified according to the muscle groups involved and the age of onset. Some of these muscular dystrophies result in premature death; others may allow the person to live for decades with varying degrees of disability. Symptoms Muscular dystrophy is characterized by muscle weakness in various parts of the body, depending on the type of MD or myopathy. Muscle weakness progresses (worsens) over time. Initial symptoms usually develop gradually. Diagnosis Diagnosis is based on a comprehensive physical examination and sophisticated diagnostic tests. The effectiveness of therapy depends upon accurate diagnosis of the precise type of MD, so physicians here may use advanced diagnostic techniques such as genetic analysis and biopsy of muscle or nerve tissue to pinpoint the type of neuromuscular disease or myopathy. The state-of-the-art neurophysiology lab at the University of Chicago Hospitals provides a full array of diagnostic tests including electrodiagnostic studies. Treatment Adult patients receive care in a multidisciplinary clinic which is sponsored by the

2. Muscular Dystrophies: Information For Non-scientists
   Leiden Muscular Dystrophy pages ©. Information for nonscientists on musculardystrophies. muscular dystrophies - facts about specific muscular dystrophies.  
   http://www.dmd.nl/nonsciuk.html

3. Muscular Dystrophy Campaign - Inheritance And The Muscular Dystrophies
   Inheritance and the muscular dystrophies. This document provides dystrophies.How are the muscular dystrophies inherited? The way  
   http://www.muscular-dystrophy.org/information/Research/inherit.html
   
   Extractions: Inheritance and the muscular dystrophies This document provides a brief summary of the genetics of the muscular dystrophies. An understanding of their inheritance patterns makes it possible for families to know what the risk is of the dystrophy happening again. If, after reading this, you feel that any member of your family may be an unrecognised carrier of muscular dystrophy, or may have the condition themselves, do get expert advice from a genetic centre. New genetic tests can help trace, within families, those members with the abnormal gene for many muscular dystrophies. How are the muscular dystrophies inherited? The way in which our bodies grow and work is controlled by structures called genes. Genes are parts of chromosomes which are strands of biochemical material transmitted from every cell to its offspring. We have two genes for every hereditary characteristic and function, one inherited from each parent. Sometimes a gene is faulty in part of its structure with the result that a certain bodily process is impaired and this fault may then be passed on to the children.

4. Facts About Duchenne And Becker Muscular Dystrophies | MDA Publications
   Serwis Katalog w Wirtualna Polska S.A. pierwszy portal w Polsce.  
   http://www.mdausa.org/publications/fa-dmdbmd-what.html
   
   Extractions: Does it Run in the Family? What Can Be Done to Treat DMD or BMD? ... MDA is Here to Help You WHAT ARE DUCHENNE AND BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES? What Causes Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies? What Happens to the Voluntary Muscles of Someone with DMD or BMD? What Tests are Used to Diagnose DMD and BMD? In the early stages, Duchenne and Becker MD affect the pectoral muscles (which draw back the shoulders), the trunk, and the upper and lower legs. These weaknesses lead to difficulty in rising, climbing stairs and maintaining balance. Muscular dystrophies are genetic disorders characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness that begin with microscopic changes in the muscle. As muscles degenerate over time, the person's muscle strength declines. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) was first described by the French neurologist Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne in the 1860s. Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is named after the German doctor Peter Emil Becker, who first described this variant of DMD in the 1950s.

5. DMD DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
   From the MDA comes this fact sheet about these types of muscular dystrophy. Review details of diagnosis, symptoms and related health problems. What Are muscular dystrophies? The muscular dystrophies are a group of muscle diseases which have three features in  
   http://www.mda.org.au/specific/mdadmd.html
   
   Extractions: Recently it was shown that DMD and BMD are due to defects of the same gene. The normal function of the gene is to enable muscle fibres to make a particular chemical substance, a protein called dystrophin. Muscle fibres in people affected with DMD are extremely deficient in dystrophin, in BMD the deficiency is less severe.

6. LATTER ONSET MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY MDs LATTER ONSET
   FACT SHEET. muscular dystrophies OF LATTER ONSET What is Muscular Dystrophy? Distalmuscular dystrophy is the rarest subgroup of dystrophies.  
   http://www.mda.org.au/specific/mdalaton.html
   
   Extractions: At What Age Do Signs Of Dystrophy Appear? Contrary to the wide spread notion that muscular dystrophy is exclusively a childhood disorder, clinical onset may occur at any point in the life span. The different types of the disease vary in the age which muscle wasting becomes manifest and in the muscle groups first affected. The Muscular Dystrophy Association produces a separate pamphlet on the early onset diseases namely Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy Does The Rate Of Progression Vary? Degeneration of muscle in muscular dystrophy is a continuing process, with considerable variation in its rate and severity among the different forms of the disease. As a rule, it can be said that the earlier the clinical signs appear, the more rapid the progression and the more widespread and disabling the deterioration.

7. LMDp: Gene, Protein And Disease Table
   Leiden Muscular Dystrophy pages ©. muscular dystrophies the diseases. (lastmodified February 2, 2003). Contents. muscular dystrophies / mutation databases.  
   http://www.dmd.nl/md.html

8. Muscular Dystrophies
   muscular dystrophies Guide picks. Feature article Jerry's Kids is a look at thenine types of muscular dystrophies that affect both children and adults.  
   http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/musculardystrophy/

9. Other Muscular Dystrophies
   Links to information and resources for other muscular dystrophies,such as EmeryDreifuss, ophthalmoplegic, and distal.  
   http://rarediseases.about.com/cs/othermds/

10. Www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2K/MB_cgi?term=Muscular+Dystrophies
    Similar pages MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia Muscular dystrophy Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top. The group of diseases calledmuscular dystrophies (MD) includes many inherited disorders such as  
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2K/MB_cgi?term=Muscular Dystrophies

11. Muscular Dystrophies
    MAP, muscular dystrophies up. Related topics Hospital. muscular dystrophies;Patient Education Handout Publication Type; Scoliosis.  
    http://omni.ac.uk/browse/mesh/detail/C0026850L0026850.html
    
    Extractions: Treating scoliosis in muscular dystrophy A booklet providing information concerning scoliosis caused by muscular dystrophy, and possible treatments, aimed at the public. Topics include what muscular dystrophy and scoliosis are, treatment, and surgery. Taken from the Iowa Health Book, a part of the University of Iowa’s Virtual Hospital. Muscular Dystrophies Patient Education Handout [Publication Type] Scoliosis

12. NIH Guide: PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPY OF THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
    PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPY OF THE muscular dystrophies Release Date March 20, 1998PA NUMBER PA98-044 PT National Institute of Neurological Disorders and  
    http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-98-044.html
    
    Extractions: asknih@od.nih.gov pn13w@nih.go v Richard W. Lymn, Ph.D. Muscle Biology Program National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Natcher Building Room 5AS49E Bethesda, MD 20892-6500 Telephone: (301) 594-5128 FAX: (301) 480-4543 Email: rl28b@nih.gov Direct inquiries regarding fiscal matter to: Ms. Dawn Richardson Grants Management Branch National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Federal Building, Room 1004 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-9231 FAX: (301) 402-0219 Email: da8h@nih.gov Ms. Sally A. Nichols Grants Management Officer National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Natcher Building, Room 5AS 49F Bethesda, MD 20892-6500 Telephone: (301) 594-3535 FAX: (301) 480-5450 Email: nicholss@ep.niams.nih.gov Return to Volume Index Return to NIH Guide Main Index

13. NIH Guide: THERAPEUTIC AND PATHOGENIC APPROACHES FOR THE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES
    THERAPEUTIC AND PATHOGENIC APPROACHES FOR THE muscular dystrophies Release DateJanuary 4, 2001 PA NUMBER PAS01-041 National Institute of Arthritis and  
    http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAS-01-041.html
    
    Extractions: http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/ http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/modular/modular.htm http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/dmdmtngsummary.htm http://www.nih.gov/niams/reports/fshdsummary.htm ... http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-00-048.html ); a complete copy of the updated Guidelines is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/women_min/guidelines_update.htm http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not98-024.html grantsinfo@nih.gov ; and on the internet at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not98-030.html Applicants for the program project grant (P01) should contact the NIAMS and NINDS program officers listed under INQUIRIES to discuss their planned projects and to request the Institute's guidelines for program project applications. Guidelines may be found at: http://www.nih.gov/niams/grants/Guidelines/guidelines.htm (NIAMS) and http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/ppg_guidelines.htm http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/modular/modular.htm http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/modular/modular.htm http://www.nih.gov/niams/grants/payline2.htm . NINDS funding strategy may be found at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/ninds_funding_strategy.htm

14. Facts About Rare Muscular Dystrophies
    Classification of Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs). Disease, Chromosome/Gene,Inheritance Pattern. Problems and Solutions in Congenital muscular dystrophies.  
    http://www.mdausa.org/publications/fa-rareMD.html
    
    Extractions: Dear Friends What Is Muscular Dystrophy? Does It Run In The Family? Congenital Muscular Dystrophy ... MDA Is Here to Help You Mike Neufeldt Dear Friends: W hen I was about a year old, my parents noticed something odd about the way I walked. After many tests it was determined that I had a neuromuscular disease. It took us several years to get a definite diagnosis of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy If you've recently found out you have a rare form of muscular dystrophy, you understand what my family went through. The rarity of Emery-Dreifuss, congenital, distal and oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophies makes it very important that you get all the information you can about your disorder. This pamphlet will help you get started. Learning that you or your child has a rare form of MD can be frightening and confusing. My parents wondered why I had this disease; we had no history of it in our family. But, as this pamphlet explains, each type of MD is caused by an extremely uncommon genetic defect that people often don't even know they have. You can be sure your disorder wasn't caused by anything you or your parents did, and you didn't catch it from anyone. My family had to make many adjustments because of MD. But we were lucky. Along with great, caring doctors, we had the Muscular Dystrophy Association to help us. From MDA, my folks got the support and information they needed, as well as help with equipment and other services. I was honored to serve as MDA's National Goodwill Ambassador in 1987-88.

15. Laboratory For Gene Therapy Of Muscular Dystrophies
    Laboratory for Gene Therapy of muscular dystrophies. At least 25% ofthese biopsies are taken from patients with muscular dystrophies.  
    http://www.lmb.uni-muenchen.de/groups/hl/welcome.html
    
    Extractions: Muscular dystrophies like Duchenne's muscular dystophy (DMD) are amongst the most common hereditary diseases and lead to severe disability and early death. Alternative treatments are not available. Therefore, a successful treatment modality such as somatic gene therapy would constitute substantial clinical and economical benefit. We are confident that we will be able to develop viral vectors and treatment modalities for DMD which will allow to replace a sufficient amount of functionally adequate dystrophin and to significantly improve the clinical phenotype. Furthermore, the results of this project are expected to pave the way for designing efficient gene therapy protocols for other genetic diseases of skeletal muscles, as well as other organs. We will address key scientific and practical issues that must be resolved before human trials of gene therapy for hereditary muscular dystrophies such as DMD can be contemplated. A network of collaborations has been established: The Friedrich-Baur-Institut (director: Prof. Dr. D. Pongratz) is one of the most important centers for the diagnosis and treatment of neuromuscular diseases in Germany. More than 500 muscle biopsies per year are processed. At least 25% of these biopsies are taken from patients with muscular dystrophies.

16. HHMI News: Researchers Identify Defect That Causes Rare Muscular Dystrophies
    Researchers Identify Defect that Causes Rare muscular dystrophies, This work demonstrates that dystroglycan has two roles in the  
    http://www.hhmi.org/news/campbell4.html
    
    Extractions: "This work demonstrates that dystroglycan has two roles in the brain: a developmental role and a synaptic role," said HHMI investigator Kevin Campbell. Subtle defects in the processing of a single protein that provides structural integrity to muscle cells can lead to several devastating forms of muscular dystrophy, according to studies by Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers and their colleagues at the University of Iowa. The scientists reported in two papers published in the July 25, 2002, issue of the journal Nature that defects in enzymes responsible for the processing of the structural protein dystroglycan are the underlying cause of several rare forms of muscular dystrophy that affect muscles and cause additional developmental brain abnormalities including mental retardation. The new findings will immediately help doctors in providing accurate diagnosis and appropriate genetic counseling to patients and their families. In the longer term, knowing the underlying cause of the muscular dystrophies will help researchers tailor their interventions, according to Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator

17. OUP USA: The Muscular Dystrophies
    Medicine or Browse by Subject $106.00 (05) 0192632914 Add to My Basket 2002 In StockS H Standard Table of Contents, The muscular dystrophies Edited by ALAN EH  
    http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0192632914.html
    
    Extractions: The muscular dystrophies are an important group of inherited disorders. They are characterized by muscle wasting and weakness, but vary considerably in their clinical manifestations and severity. This text reviews our understanding of the most important of these disorders. In many instances, the genes and protein products responsible for the dystrophies have been identified and it is now possible to establish a precise diagnosis, detect preclinical cases, identify carriers and offer prenatal dianostic testing. The book goes on to describe the opportunities for management of the symptoms through respiratory care, physiotherapy and surgical correction of contracture, and examines the potential, in the future, for effective treatment utilizing the new techniques of gene and cell therapy. Professor Emery has invited chapters from the leading international experts in the field providing a unique insight into the current situation and the hopes for the future.

18. OUP USA: ToC: The Muscular Dystrophies
    The muscular dystrophies Edited by Alan EH Emery CONTENTS. 1. MuscularDystrophy an evolving concept, Emery 2. Congenital Muscular  
    http://www.oup-usa.org/toc/tc_0192632914.html

19. THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 14, Ch. 184, Muscular Disorders
    Chapter 184. Muscular Disorders. Topics. muscular dystrophies. Myopathies. Channelopathies.click here for navigation help. muscular dystrophies.  
    http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section14/chapter184/184a.htm

20. THE MERCK MANUALHome Edition, Sec. 6, Ch. 66, Muscular
    Duchenne's and Becker's muscular dystrophies. Duchenne's and Becker'smuscular their children. Other muscular dystrophies. Several much  
    http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home/sec6/66.jsp

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