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Recent developments in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: facts and numbers
Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of skeletal muscle-wasting diseases. Even for experts in the field of neuromuscular diseases, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish and accurately diagnose all forms of muscular dystrophy on clinical grounds alone, as there is currently a still growing number of different genetic loci for muscular dystrophi...
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congenital muscular dystrophy (cmd) is an umbrella term collecting a heterogeneous groups of genetic disorders , mostly with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance , and are characterized by muscle weakness since birth or in early infancy , with a dystrophic pattern on muscle biopsy . these children are usually hypotonic and may have joint contractures . the serum creatine kinase level can be...
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MANY observers have reported pathologic changes in the myoeardium of patients with muscular dystrophy similar to those in the skeletal muscles.'-8 Clinical evidence of involvement of the heart has also been noted, consisting of persistent tachycardia,9 10 arrhythmias,10 congestive heart failure, chest pain, cardiac enlargement, changes in heart sounds, murmurs, electrocardiographic alterations ...
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Introduction. First, we will give a general overview of the generation of muscle contraction in a normal cell. Skeletal muscle contraction is accomplished by the generation of a neuronal action potential that terminates at the neuromuscular synapse. The neuronal action potential (AP) stimulates sodium channels in the neuronal axon that propagates the signal along the axon. As the AP reaches the...
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Are things clearer now? Yes. A breakthrough came in 1987 when the causative gene for the most common severe form of MD, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD — the field is rich in eponyms, too) was found. Since then, the genes affected in many MDs have been discovered, enabling classification and diagnosis to be put on a much more secure footing. Some traditional disease categories have split as a ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Genetics
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1468-6244
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.32.7.581