Muscular Dystrophy

Known as: Dystrophies, Muscular, Muscular dystrophy NOS, Dystrophy, Muscular

A group of inherited progressive muscle disorders characterized by muscle weakness and eventual death of the muscle tissues. Examples include…

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1984

This study investigates the effectiveness of spinal supports and seating systems in retarding the progress of spinal curvature in…

1982

Skeletal muscle growth induced by passive stretch was characterized in the Patigialis muscle of chicks with hereditary muscular…

1978

The activity of glutathione peroxidase, a selenium containing enzyme, was measured in the blood of horses to determine its…

1977

Light microscopic, and scanning and transmission electron microscopic studies of the nodes of Ranvier of the distal peripheral…

1976

• Electrophoretic mobility measurements were made of red blood cells obtained from patients with Duchenne and myotonic muscular…

1969

format: Exhibitor's Name: Underline responsible exhibitor. Title of Exhibit: 10 words maximum. Abstract: 200 words. Dimensions…

1968

It is one of the principal aims of teratological research to trace the manner in which particular chemical compounds give rise to…

1967

a standard chair. He could walk well on his toes, but not on his heels. He could not hop on one foot. Trendelenburg phenomenon…

1964

Research into the nature of muscular dystrophy has been accelerated by the discovery by Michelson1 of a hereditary dystrophy in a…

1961

The proliferating connective tissue of muscular dystrophy can be shown by histochemical methods to contain enzymes which…