title: Early observations on muscular dystrophy: Gowers' textbook revisited.
abstract: Early clinical observations on Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be traced through the works of Meryon, Little, Duchenne, Gowers, and Erb. Gowers sites Sir Charles Bell with its earliest clinical description. Gowers' phenomenal textbook provides vivid descriptions of Duchenne dystrophy, clinical features which are herein revisited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5124, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Pascuzzi
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000266:history*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history