title: Congenital myopathies and muscular dystrophies.
abstract: The congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) and myopathies (CM) are a diverse group of diseases that share features such as early onset of symptoms (in the first year of life), genetic causes, and high risks for restrictive lung disease and orthopedic deformities. Understanding for disease mechanism is available and a fairly well-structured genotype-phenotype correlation for all the CMDs and CMs is now available. To best illustrate the clinical spectrum and diagnostic algorithm for these diseases, this article presents 5 cases, including Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy, nemaline myopathy, centronuclear myopathy, merosin deficiency congenital muscular dystrophy, and core myopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Advanced Practice, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, 2350 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX 75207, USA.
authors.forename: Heather R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gilbreath
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9063, USA.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9063, USA. Electronic address: susan.iannaccone@utsouthwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Susan T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Iannaccone
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Central core myopathy; Centronuclear myopathy; Congenital muscular dystrophy; Congenital myopathy; Merosin deficiency congenital muscular dystrophy; Nemaline myopathy; Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy