Sunday, April 12, 2009

Hereditary Muscle Diseases

Spontaneous degeneration of muscle fibers and
death of muscle cells (muscular dystrophy) is a
common cause of muscle disease in infants,
children, and adults. Muscular dystrophies are
genetically heterogeneous and clinically variable.
About 50 different forms are listed in
McKusicks’s catalogue Mendelian Inheritance

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