title: The diagnosis of muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Pediatricians should be familiar with the common presenting signs and symptoms of MD so that they can make a clinical diagnosis of possible MD based on the patient's medical history, a physical examination, and a CK screen. Appropriate referral to a neuromuscular specialist will then enable the precise diagnosis of MD to be made with definitive histologic, biochemical, and genetic testing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Ashraf A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: El-Bohy
authors.forename: Brenda L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education