The history of a genetic disease : Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Meryon's disease / Alan E.H. Emery & Marcia L.H. Emery
1995, First Edition. London ; New York, NY : Royal Society of Medicine Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #241163
ISBN: 1853152498
Physical description; xvi, 248 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographic references (p. 207-237). Contents; Introduction -- Early history of muscular dystrophy -- Edward Meryon's contribution to muscular dystrophy -- The life of Edward Meryon (1807-1880) -- Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875) -- Refining the clinical picture -- Resolution of heterogeneity -- Nosology of the dystrophies -- Recognition of other types of muscular dystrophy -- Biochemical diagnosis & carrier detection -- Pathogenesis of Duchenne dystrophy -- The search for the gene -- Prevention, treatment & the future. Subjects; Duchenne, Guillaume-Benjamin (1806-1875). Meryon, Edward (1807-1880). Duchenne,, Guillaume-Benjamin (1806-1875). Meryon, Edward (1807-1880). Duchenne, Guillaume-Benjamin Amand de Boulogne (1806-1875). Muscular Dystrophies — history. Muscular Dystrophies — genetics. Muscular dystrophy — Research. Muscular dystrophy — History. Muscular dystrophy — Research — History. Muscular dystrophy — Genetic aspects. Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne — history. Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne — genetics. Muscular dystrophy — Popular works. Muscular dystrophy — genetics. Physicians — Biography. Muscular Dystrophies — history. Duchenne muscular dystrophy — History. Genetics, history. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
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