Bird's eye view of myopathies in India.

Satish Khadilkar Room No 110, New Wing, First ß oor, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, New Marine Lines, Mumbai, India. E-mail: [email protected] With just over a thousand neurologists catering to the large population of India,[1] neurology consultants find their hands full with the rigors of day-to-day clinical neurology. It is difficult to assimilate the voluminous information on the subject of interest, myology often taking a backseat. This issue of Neurology India is therefore being presented with the idea of providing comprehensive current information to the reader. As the authoritative reviews outline ‘state-of-the-art’ information on various topics in myology, let us take stock of the Indian situation. From the available literature in India, it is clear that wide varieties of myopathies exist and are beginning to be recognized more clearly. In India, presently there are only a few centers having the laboratory support to study various aspects of myopathies and it is very likely that only a portion of the existent myopathies have been analyzed to date.