title: Recent advances in neuromuscular disorders in childhood.
abstract: This paper reviews recent advances in the molecular genetics of the muscular dystrophies and their implications for potential treatment. A brief review is also included of recent advances in locating the gene for the spinal muscular atrophies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dubowitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics*; D014897:Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood / Q000235:genetics*