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Information for non-scientists on muscular dystrophies

(last modified September 2008)

NOTE: most of these items follow links to the homepage of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, the MDC
Nederlandse versie

Contents

help us - student training

• Research Approaches Towards a Therapy - by Günter Scheuerbrandt, updated regularly
  
• Muscular dystrophies - facts about specific muscular dystrophies. A.o.;
  • Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)
  • Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)
  • Limb-Girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD / SCARMD)
  • Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD)
  • Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
  • Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EMD)
  • Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UMD)
• Inheritance of muscular dystrophies (genetics)
  • an introduction to basic genetics
  • inheritance and muscular dystrophies
  • pregnancy and reproduction in muscle disorders
• Diagnosis of muscular dystrophies
  • carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis
  • a muscle biopsy: what happens ? / what is how analysed ?
  • European directory of laboratories performing DNA diagnosis: EDDNAL
• Potential therapies
  • research advances in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (2003/4)
• Glossary of terms

Links to other sites

• International
  • MDC  -  Muscular Dystrophy Campaign  -  UK
    (former Muscular Dystrophy Group of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
  • MDA  -  Muscular Dystrophy Association   -  USA
  • AFM  -  Association Francaise contre les Myopathies  -  France
  • ENMC -  European Neuromuscular Center
  • Telethon (Italy)
    • MuscleNet  (Italy)
  • Parent Project for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy
  • Neuromuscular Disease Center  (Washington University, St.Louis, USA)
  • WMS  -  World Muscle Society
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• Nederland
  • VSN  -  Vereniging Spierziekten Nederland
  • Duchenne Parent Project
  • Prinses Beatrix Fonds

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