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Tables of Contents for Muscular Dystrophy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
3
What is muscular dystrophy?
3
14
The genes
3
3
The meaning of `muscular dystrophy'
6
1
Muscle weakness
7
2
Types of muscle
9
1
Muscle structure
10
2
Cause of muscle weakness
12
2
Animal studies of dystrophy
14
1
Some unanswered questions
15
1
Summary
16
1
Confirming the diagnosis
17
10
Blood tests
18
3
Electromyography
21
1
Muscle biopsy
22
3
Other investigations
25
1
Summary
26
1
Different types of muscular dystrophy
27
22
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
29
5
Becker muscular dystrophy
34
1
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
35
2
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy
37
2
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
39
1
Distal muscular dystrophy
40
1
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
41
1
Congenital muscular dystrophies
42
2
Myotonic dystrophy
44
2
Other forms of dystrophy
46
1
Summary
46
3
Treatment
49
26
Promotion and maintenance of good health
50
1
Active exercise
50
1
Passive exercise and physiotherapy
51
1
Chronic low-frequency electrical stimulation
52
1
Scoliosis
53
1
Prolonging walking
54
2
Aids for the disabled
56
2
Surgery
58
2
Fractures
60
1
Respiratory problems
60
3
Assisted ventilation
63
2
Heart problems
65
1
Drug treatment
65
4
Prednisone
69
1
Gene therapy
70
2
Patients and therapeutic trials
72
2
Summary
74
1
Living with muscular dystrophy
75
16
When and how much to tell
75
1
Individual responses
76
1
The coping process
77
3
When there is a family history
80
1
The affected person
81
1
Psychosexual problems
82
1
Effects on the parents
83
2
Effects on unaffected siblings
85
1
Effects on the children of an affected parent
86
1
Bereavement
87
1
Summary
88
3
Education and employment
91
6
Schooling in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
91
1
Choice of subjects
92
1
Later years
93
1
More benign types of dystrophy
94
1
Career opportunities
95
1
Summary
95
2
Inheritance and genetic counselling
97
24
Frequency of muscular dystrophy
97
1
Modes of inheritance
98
3
Autosomal dominant inheritance
101
3
Risks in myotonic dystrophy
104
1
Detection of preclinical cases
104
1
Autosomal recessive inheritance
105
2
X-linked recessive inheritance
107
2
Carrier detection
109
1
Manifesting carriers
110
1
Why cases may not be familial
111
1
Genetic counselling
112
1
Timing of genetic counselling
113
1
Who should have genetic counselling?
113
1
Options available
114
1
Prenatal diagnosis
115
2
Pregnancy termination
117
1
Counselling for individuals
118
1
Summary
119
2
Professional and voluntary support
121
6
Professional help
121
1
Specialist centres and units
122
1
Hospital-based groups
123
1
Community-based groups
124
1
National organizations
124
1
Summary
125
2
The future
127
4
Living with muscular dystrophy
131
4
Further reading
135
16
Reference texts which deal with most aspects of muscular dystrophy
135
1
Monographs on specific disorders
136
1
Texts which deal with particular topics relevant to muscular dystrophy
136
1
Books about the disease written by patients or their relatives
137
1
Journals
138
3
Muscular dystrophy associations and groups in various countries
141
10
Glossary of terms
151
8
Index
159