title: [Nosographic approach of heriditary myopathies. Attempt at classification and diagnosis by means of erythrocyte cholinesterase and serum pseudocholinesterase analysis].
abstract: An original biological study involving assessment of red cell cholinesterase and serum pseudo-cholinesterase activity has given the authors a new approach to the classification of progressive muscular dystrophy: as a result, it has become possible to isolate Duchenne dystrophy and the carries of this disease and to distinguish them from cases of Becker's disease. Also, Leyden-Möbius dystrophy appears to deserve the name as it differs from limb-girdle dystrophy. Finally, there is a case to be made for classifying separately, because of its special biological characteristics, Steinert's myotonic dystrophy.
mesh_terms: D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase / Q000097:blood; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase; D002802:Cholinesterases
vernacular_title: Approche nosographique des myopathies héréditaires. Essai de classification et de diagnostic par les cholinestérases globulaires et les pseudo-cholinestérases sériques