Skeletal Muscle
Authors: CARL M. PEARSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

The UCLA Interdepartmental Conference1 September 1967Skeletal MuscleBasic and Clinical Aspects and Illustrative New DiseasesCARL M. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., RALPH F. COLEMAN, M.S, M.D., WILLIAM M. FOWLER JR., M.D., WILFRIED F. H. M. MOMMAERTS, PH.D., THEODORE L. MUNSAT, M.D., J. B. PETER, M.D., PH.D.CARL M. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, RALPH F. COLEMAN, M.S, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM M. FOWLER JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, WILFRIED F. H. M. MOMMAERTS, PH.D.Search for more papers by this author, THEODORE L. MUNSAT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, J. B. PETER, M.D., PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-67-3-614 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDr. Carl M. Pearson: It is appropriate that we should discuss current knowledge about disorders of skeletal muscle since, perhaps by chance, various members of the UCLA faculty have, as their primary research, investigative, and clinical interests, skeletal muscle and the diseases that affect it either primarily or significantly as a result of a more widespread pathophysiological disorder.The skeletal musculature of the body comprises the largest tissue mass, by bulk as well as by weight, in the average human. It is incorrect to consider "the musculature" as a homogeneous tissue: Rather, it is composed of a series of symmetrically positioned...References1. COLEMAN RF: Essential Techniques of Diagnostic Neuropathology. Hoeber Medical Division, Harper & Row, Inc., New York, in press. Google Scholar2. PRICEHOWESSHELDONHUTSONFITZGERALDBLUMBERGPEARSON HMELDBODRTJMCM: An improved biopsy technique for light and electron microscopic studies of human skeletal muscle. Lab. Invest. 14: 194, 1965. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, CaliforniaThis is an edited transcription of an Interdepartmental Clinical Case Conference arranged by the Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Carl M. Pearson, M.D., Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024. 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