The history of a genetic disease
Subtitle: Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Meryon's disease
By: Alan E.H. Emery & Marcia L.H. Emery.
Contributors: Emery, Marcia L. H.
Publisher: Royal Society of Medicne Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
Subjects: Duchenne, G.-B. -- 1806-1875.; Duchenne, G.-B. -- 1806-1875.; Meryon, Edward, -- 1807-1880.; Meryon, Edward, -- 1807-1880.; Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- History.; Muscular Dystrophy -- genetics.; Muscular Dystrophy -- history.; Muscular dystrophy -- History.; Physicians -- biography.
Other titles: Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Meryon's disease.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-237) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Introduction; value: Early history of muscular dystrophy; value: Edward Meryon's contribution to muscular dystrophy; value: The life of Edward Meryon (1807-1880); value: Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875); value: Refining the clinical picture; value: Resolution of heterogeneity; value: Nosology of the dystrophies; value: Recognition of other types of muscular dystrophy; value: Biochemical diagnosis & carrier detection; value: Pathogenesis of Duchenne dystrophy; value: The search for the gene; value: Prevention, treatment & the future.