title: The Eighth Meryon Society Lecture read at Worcester College, Oxford on 2 July, 2004.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Medical Center, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55101 Mainz, Germany. goebel@neuropatho.klinik.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: Hans H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goebel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000266:history*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history