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.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780199591473
Subjects: Physicians; Genetics; Muscular dystrophy; Muscular Dystrophies; History; Biography; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: History of muscular dystrophy: a unique story; title: Early history of muscular dystrophy; title: Edward Meryon's contribution to muscular dystrophy; title: Life of Edward Meryon (1807-1880); title: Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875); title: Refining the clinical picture; title: Resolution of heterogeneity; title: Nosology of the dystrophies; title: Recognition of other types of muscular dystrophy; title: Biochemical diagnosis and carrier detection; title: Pathogenesis of Duchenne dystrophy; title: Search for the gene; title: Current trends and the future.