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Review
. 1998 Oct 10;317(7164):991-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7164.991.

The muscular dystrophies

A E Emery  1
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Review

The muscular dystrophies

A E Emery. BMJ. .
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Distribution of predominant muscle weakness in different types of dystrophy: (a) Duchenne-type and Becker-type, (b) Emery-Dreifuss, (c) limb girdle, (d) facioscapulohumeral, (e) distal, and (f) oculopharyngeal
Figure 2
Figure 2
Cryostatic sections of muscle stained with fluorescent labelled monoclonal antibodies to dystrophin from (a) an individual without muscular dystrophy, (b) an individual with Becker-type dystrophy, (c) an individual with Duchenne-type dystrophy, and (d) a carrier of Duchenne-type dystrophy manifesting symptoms of the disease. (Reproduced with permission of Dr Louise Anderson)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Muscle membrane proteins. Specific muscular dystrophies have been found to be caused by deficiencies of dystrophin, or a particular sarcoglycan, or merosin
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