Abstract
This paper reviews the recent advances in our knowledge of muscle disease. The use of muscle biopsy for diagnosis is discussed. The etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of polymyositis/dermatomyositis are considered. The author discusses the clinical patterns, inheritance, and pathogenesis of progressive muscular dystrophies, especially Duchenne muscular dystrophy; myotonic disorders; glycogen storage diseases; disorders of lipid metabolism; mitochondrial diseases; and congenital muscle diseases. (Neurosurgery, 5: 747--758, 1979).
MeSH terms
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Dermatomyositis / drug therapy
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Female
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Glycogen Storage Disease / diagnosis
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Humans
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Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / diagnosis
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Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / pathology
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Mitochondria, Muscle / ultrastructure
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Muscles / enzymology
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Muscles / pathology*
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Muscular Diseases / genetics
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Muscular Diseases / pathology*
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Muscular Dystrophies / diagnosis
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Muscular Dystrophies / genetics
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Myositis / drug therapy
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Myositis / etiology
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Myotonia Congenita / drug therapy
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Myotonic Dystrophy / drug therapy
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Myotonic Dystrophy / etiology
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Paralysis / classification
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Periodicity
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Syndrome
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X Chromosome