title: Myopathies.
abstract: This paper reviews the recent advances in our knowledge of muscle disease. The use of muscle biopsy for diagnosis is discussed. The etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of polymyositis/dermatomyositis are considered. The author discusses the clinical patterns, inheritance, and pathogenesis of progressive muscular dystrophies, especially Duchenne muscular dystrophy; myotonic disorders; glycogen storage diseases; disorders of lipid metabolism; mitochondrial diseases; and congenital muscle diseases. (Neurosurgery, 5: 747--758, 1979).
mesh_terms: D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006008:Glycogen Storage Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008052:Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009132:Muscles / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D009220:Myositis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009224:Myotonia Congenita / Q000188:drug therapy; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000145:classification; D010507:Periodicity; D013577:Syndrome; D014960:X Chromosome