title: Duchenne's muscular dystrophy: review and recent scientific findings.
abstract: In this brief review, we describe the clinical manifestations of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other similar syndromes, outline the history of the dystrophin gene's identification and its relationship to these muscular dystrophies, and relate the importance of the gene's discovery to clinical neurology. We do not discuss treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Alabama, Birmingham Medical School 35294.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goyne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin