"Muscular Dystrophies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS.
| Descriptor ID |
D009136
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.534.500 C10.668.491.175.500 C16.320.577
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscular Dystrophies- Muscular Dystrophies
- Myodystrophica
- Myodystrophicas
- Myodystrophy
- Myodystrophies
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Muscular
- Dystrophy, Muscular
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscular Dystrophies" by people in Profiles.
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Neuromuscular endplate pathology in recessive desminopathies: Lessons from man and mice. Neurology. 2016 Aug 23; 87(8):799-805.
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POMGnT1 mutations in congenital muscular dystrophy: genotype-phenotype correlation and expanded clinical spectrum. Arch Neurol. 2006 Oct; 63(10):1491-5.
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Mutations in CAV3 cause mechanical hyperirritability of skeletal muscle in rippling muscle disease. Nat Genet. 2001 Jul; 28(3):218-9.
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