The Muscular Dystrophies

This book is timely. Although there have of course been substantial developments in all areas of genetic disease, there can be few areas in which progress has been so rapid and has led to such fundamental shifts in practice, with respect to diagnostic strategy, and opinion with respect to the understanding of basic molecular mechanisms, than the muscular dystrophies . . . The book has just under 30 contributors, from all corners of the globe, all acknowledged experts in their field.

• 1. Muscular Dystrophy: an evolving concept ; 2. Congenital Muscular Dystrophies ; 3. Fukuyama Congenital Muscular Dystrophy ; 4. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or Meryon's Disease ; 5. Becker Muscular Dystrophy ; 6. Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy ; 7. The Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies ; 8. Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy ; 9. Distal Muscular Dystrophy ; 10. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy ; 11. Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Related Cardiac Disorders in Muscular Dystrophy ; 12. Medical Management and Treatment of Muscular Dystrophy ; 13. Respiratory Care in Muscular Dystrophy ; 14. Gene and Cell Therapy for Primary Myopathies ; 15. Surgical Management of Muscular Dystrophy ; 16. Animal Models of Muscular Dystrophy