title: On the pathogenesis of duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: The relative merits of the three presently most active hypotheses (vascular, neurogenic, and myogenic) concerning the pathogenesis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy are analysed and discussed and the literature is comprehensively reviewed.
mesh_terms: D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D009046:Motor Neurons; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009210:Myofibrils; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D009124:Muscle Proteins