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Edited by
Y. Fukuyama
M. Osawa
K. Saito, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan
Included in series
Developments in Neurology, 13
Description
Edited by Yukio Fukuyama, who can boast a lifelong dedication to pioneering research in congenital muscular dystrophy, this volume will
bring fresh impetus to new areas, and areas of research neglected in the preceding 50 years.
The recognition and delineation of Fukuyama
type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) as a distinct clinico-genetic entity, dating back to 1960, brought about a revolutionary turn
in the approach to CMD research.
Knowledge of FCMD was gradually disseminated from Japan to the rest of the world, triggering an explosion
of interest, and thereby facilitating a comparative study of experiences between different institutions worldwide, which led to the re-evaluation
of previously overlooked related syndromes.
Thus, recent progress in CMD research has been rapid, and the pace continues to accelerate.
This remarkable progress raises challenges for anyone attempting to closely follow the breakthroughs which are taking place daily in
various corners of the world. To promote further progress in this research, however, quick acquisition of up-to-date information is of
vital importance.
There can be no doubt that the present book, a product of this highly significant Symposium, constitutes a memorable
monument in the history of CMD research, and will, as an essential reference book, continuously serve and stimulate those engaged in
future research on CMD.
Contents
1. Nosological establishment of congenital muscular dystrophies
in the history of medicine. 2. Exciting new developments in
congenital
muscular dystrophy. 3. Fukuyama type congenital
progressive muscular dystrophy. 4. Classical (occidental)
congenital muscular dystrophy:
clinical and pathologic
reevaluation. 5. Clinical and immunocytochemical evidence of
heterogeneity in classical (occidental) congenital
muscular
dystrophy. 6. Walker Warburg and other cobblestone lissencephaly
syndromes: 1995 update. 7. Muscle-eye-brain (MEB) disease:
a
review. 8. The clinical spectrum and genetic studies of Fukuyama
congenital muscular dystrophy. 9. Characteristics of muscle
involvement
evaluated by computerized tomography scanning in
early stages of progressive muscular dystrophy: comparison
between Duchenne and Fukuyama
types. 10. Longitudinal evaluation
of leukoencephalopathy in congenital muscular dystrophy: data on
a heterogeneous series of Western
cases. 11. Congenital muscular
dystrophy: clinical variability in Sicilian patients. 12. Merosin
and clinical characteristics of congenital
muscular dystrophy in
an unselected group of Turkish patients. 13. Rehabilitation of
children with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy.
14.
Congenital muscular dystrophies: myo- and neuropathological
studies. 15. Brain pathology in Fukuyama type congenital muscular
dystrophy
with special reference to the cortical dysplasia and
the occurrence of neurofibrillary tangles. 16. Cytoarchitectonic
alterations of
the cerebral cortex in Fukuyama-type congenital
muscular dystrophy and other cortical dysplasia syndrome. 17.
Neuronal and vascular involvement
in Fukuyama type congenital
muscular dystrophy. 18. Ultrastructural alterations of the muscle
plasma membrane and related structures
in Fukuyama muscular
dystrophy: comparative study with other types of muscular
dystrophies. 19. Walker-Warburg syndrome in Japan: a comparative
study with Fukuyama type congenital muscular dystrophy. 20.
Membrane abnormality in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy.
21. Laminin α2 (or M) chain abnormality in congenital muscular
dystrophy. 22. Peripheral nerve dystroglycan: its function and
potential role
in the molecular pathogenesis of neuromuscular
diseases. 23. Distribution and organization of utrophin and the
laminin α2 chain in
normal and dystrophic skeletal muscle fibers.
24. Laminin in animal models for muscular dystrophy: deficiency
of the laminin α2 chain
in the homozygous dystrophic dy/dy mouse.
25. Toward identification of the Fukuyama type congenital
muscular dystrophy gene.
26. Reconfirmation of the Fukuyama
congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD) gene locus at chromosome
9q31, and a successful prenatal diagnosis
of FCMD in two
families. 27. Tubular aggregates myopathy. 28. Cerebral cortical
gyration abnormality and denervation muscular atrophy:
a case
report. 29. Congenital muscular dystrophy and brain malformation
in two sibs: a pathological and neuroradiological comparison.
30.
A milder form of Walker-Warburg syndrome.
Bibliography of
congenital muscular dystrophies: the up-dated, second edition
(February,
1997). Subject index.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Hardbound, 458 pages, publication date: OCT-1997
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-82487-5
ISBN-10: 0-444-82487-1
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Price: Order form
GBP 153.50
EUR 230
USD 230
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