title: Survey of neuromuscular disorders in Lebanon. I. Profile of the genetically determined muscular dystrophies.
abstract: The clinical and laboratory profiles of 130 cases of muscular dystrophy in Lebanon collected over 35 years (1947-1982) are presented. Data collection included hospital records; registries in the department of pathology, hospital laboratories, electron microscopy facility and electromyography laboratory; and records from a private hospital neurosurgical unit. The yield from each of these sources is presented. The data was fed into an Apple II computer and analyzed using thirty seven parameters. The results are discussed and compared with three other similar studies from India and America.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D007861:Lebanon; D008260:Macroglossia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications