title: Special Issue--Towards Understanding the Mechanisms and Curing of Muscular Dystrophy Diseases.
abstract: Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited diseases with different molecular basss, but sharing similar clinical features and dystrophic changes.
authors.affiliation: The Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics, PO Box 23462, 1683 Nicosia, Cyprus. laphylac@cing.ac.cy.
authors.forename: Leonidas A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Phylactou
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy