"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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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscular Dystrophies" by people in Profiles.
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Establishment of stably expandable induced myogenic stem cells by four transcription factors. Cell Death Dis. 2018 10 25; 9(11):1092.
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Electrocardiographic abnormalities and arrhythmias are strongly associated with the development of cardiomyopathy in muscular dystrophy. Heart Rhythm. 2010 Oct; 7(10):1484-8.
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[Ultrastructural changes in muscular tissues of dystrophin/utrophin double-knockout mice after bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell transplantation]. Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao. 2004 May; 24(5):501-4.
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[Cloning and sequencing of junction fragment with exon 51 deletion of Dystrophin gene]. Yi Chuan Xue Bao. 2002 Feb; 29(2):105-10.
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Gene therapy for neurologic disease: benchtop discoveries to bedside applications. 2. The bedside. J Child Neurol. 1997 Feb; 12(2):77-84.
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A muscle-specific DNase I-like gene in human Xq28. Hum Mol Genet. 1995 Sep; 4(9):1557-64.
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Diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies by polymerase chain reaction. A multicenter study. JAMA. 1992 May 20; 267(19):2609-15.
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Analysis of 4628 cases in the genetic counselling clinic of PUMC Hospital. Proc Chin Acad Med Sci Peking Union Med Coll. 1989; 4(3):126-30.
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MRI of normal and pathologic skeletal muscle. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1986 Mar; 146(3):565-74.