Severe childhood autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy, mental subnormality and chorea

From: Neurology India | Date: July 1, 2006| Author: Khadilkar, Satish; Menezes, Krishe; Singh, Rakesh; Hegde, Madhuri | Copyright information

Introduction

Severe childhood autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy (SCARMD) is a descriptive term denoting severe muscular dystrophy occurring at early ages and affecting boys as well as girls with similar severity. First report of SCARMD was given by Buss in 1887 and an unequivocal description of transmission and clinical features of SCARMD was given by Kloepfer and Talley in 1958. In 1983, Ben Hamida described signs, symptoms and muscle pathology findings of SCARMD. Many reports ha...

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