 Muscular Dystrophies
"Muscular Dystrophies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heterogeneous group of inherited MYOPATHIES, characterized by wasting and weakness of the SKELETAL MUSCLE. They are categorized by the sites of MUSCLE WEAKNESS; AGE OF ONSET; and INHERITANCE PATTERNS.
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D009136
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.534.500 C10.668.491.175.500 C16.320.577
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscular Dystrophies- Muscular Dystrophies
- Myodystrophica
- Myodystrophicas
- Myodystrophy
- Myodystrophies
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Dystrophies, Muscular
- Dystrophy, Muscular
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscular Dystrophies" by people in Profiles.
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Morozova OM, Chang TF, Brown ME. Toe Walking: When Do We Need to Worry? Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2017 Jul; 47(7):156-160.
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Punnoose AR, Kaltman JR, Pastor W, McCarter R, He J, Spurney CF. Cardiac Disease Burden and Risk of Mortality in Hospitalized Muscular Dystrophy Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Oct; 37(7):1290-6.
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Narayanaswami P, Dubinsky R, Wang D, Gjorvad G, David W, Finder J, Smith B, Cheng J, Shapiro F, Mellion M, Spurney C, Wolff J, England J. Quality improvement in neurology: muscular dystrophy quality measures. Neurology. 2015 Sep 08; 85(10):905-9.
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Spurney CF, McCaffrey FM, Cnaan A, Morgenroth LP, Ghelani SJ, Gordish-Dressman H, Arrieta A, Connolly AM, Lotze TE, McDonald CM, Leshner RT, Clemens PR. Feasibility and Reproducibility of Echocardiographic Measures in Children with Muscular Dystrophies. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Aug; 28(8):999-1008.
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Bharucha-Goebel DX, Neil E, Donkervoort S, Dastgir J, Wiggs E, Winder TL, Moore SA, Iannaccone ST, Bönnemann CG. Intrafamilial variability in GMPPB-associated dystroglycanopathy: Broadening of the phenotype. Neurology. 2015 Apr 07; 84(14):1495-7.
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Heier CR, Damsker JM, Yu Q, Dillingham BC, Huynh T, Van der Meulen JH, Sali A, Miller BK, Phadke A, Scheffer L, Quinn J, Tatem K, Jordan S, Dadgar S, Rodriguez OC, Albanese C, Calhoun M, Gordish-Dressman H, Jaiswal JK, Connor EM, McCall JM, Hoffman EP, Reeves EK, Nagaraju K. VBP15, a novel anti-inflammatory and membrane-stabilizer, improves muscular dystrophy without side effects. EMBO Mol Med. 2013 10; 5(10):1569-85.
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Yu Q, Sali A, Van der Meulen J, Creeden BK, Gordish-Dressman H, Rutkowski A, Rayavarapu S, Uaesoontrachoon K, Huynh T, Nagaraju K, Spurney CF. Omigapil treatment decreases fibrosis and improves respiratory rate in dy(2J) mouse model of congenital muscular dystrophy. PLoS One. 2013; 8(6):e65468.
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Rutkowski A, Bönnemann C, Brown S, Thorsteinsdóttir S, Dominov J, Ruegg MA, Matter ML, Guttridge D, Crosbie-Watson RH, Kardon G, Nagaraju K, Girgenrath M, Burkin DJ. Report on the Myomatrix Conference April 22-24, 2012, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA. Neuromuscul Disord. 2013 Feb; 23(2):188-91.
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Wang CH, Dowling JJ, North K, Schroth MK, Sejersen T, Shapiro F, Bellini J, Weiss H, Guillet M, Amburgey K, Apkon S, Bertini E, Bonnemann C, Clarke N, Connolly AM, Estournet-Mathiaud B, Fitzgerald D, Florence JM, Gee R, Gurgel-Giannetti J, Glanzman AM, Hofmeister B, Jungbluth H, Koumbourlis AC, Laing NG, Main M, Morrison LA, Munns C, Rose K, Schuler PM, Sewry C, Storhaug K, Vainzof M, Yuan N. Consensus statement on standard of care for congenital myopathies. J Child Neurol. 2012 Mar; 27(3):363-82.
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Punnoose AR, Burke AE, Golub RM. JAMA patient page. Muscular dystrophy. JAMA. 2011 Dec 14; 306(22):2526.
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