"Muscular Dystrophies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscular Dystrophies" by people in Profiles.
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Twenty-year follow-up of newborn screening for patients with muscular dystrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2016 Apr; 53(4):570-8.
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Arrhythmias in the muscular dystrophies. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2015 Jun; 7(2):303-8.
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Atrial arrhythmias in the young: early onset atrial arrhythmias preceding a diagnosis of a primary muscular dystrophy. Europace. 2014 Dec; 16(12):1814-20.
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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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Arrhythmias in the muscular dystrophies. Heart Rhythm. 2012 Nov; 9(11):1890-5.
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Rocuronium as muscle relaxant for electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with adult-onset muscular dystrophy. J ECT. 2011 Dec; 27(4):e63-4.
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The electrocardiogram: a useful screening test for cardiac involvement in some but not all of the muscular dystrophies. Heart Rhythm. 2010 Oct; 7(10):1489-90.
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Scapular fixation in muscular dystrophy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jan 20; (1):CD003278.
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Perioperative care of a child with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2009 Jun; 20(2):319-23.
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Mice lacking Homer 1 exhibit a skeletal myopathy characterized by abnormal transient receptor potential channel activity. Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Apr; 28(8):2637-47.