The History of a Genetic Disease - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy or Meryon's Disease (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a disease that only affects males, with an incidence of around 1 in 3500 new-born baby boys. Its relentless progress is charterized by loss of the ability to walk by around the age of 10 or 11, leading to a wheelchair life, and dealth from cardiac and respiratory problems usually around the late teens or early twenties.
Edward Meryon was the first person to give a full and detailed clinical description of what later research knows as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. His research identified many facets of the condition which we now take for granted, for example that it only affects males, that it is an inherited condition carried in female genes, that it is a disease of the muscle system, and its causes. Until recently, Meryon has not been given credit for his contribution to the subject. In this book, the history of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is traced in detail, and is interwoven with a commentary of Meryon's research which has led to our current understanding of the disease, will full refences and informative, historically relevant illustrations.
This book concludes with a summary of the current position regarding diagnosis, prevention through counselling and prenatal diagnosis, and new encouraging approaches to treatment through molecular genetics.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Medical Histories
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Alan E.H. Emery • Marcia L.H. Emery
Dimensions:	238 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-959147-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Medical genetics Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Musculoskeletal medicine Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > General
LSN:	0-19-959147-4
Barcode:	9780199591473

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