Interpretation of the electrocardiogram in the Duchenne form of progressive muscular dystrophy (PMD) is still debated in the literature. The group studied consisted of 106 patients with the Duchenne type of PMD, aged 3 to 29 years. The duration of the disease varied from a few months to 15 years. One hundred one patients had abnormal electrocardiograms. These were of four types: type a (64 case...

OBJECTIVES To describe genetic and clinical features of Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD), and to report the case of a patient diagnosed with UCMD after an exhaustive investigation, which included collagen VI immunohistochemical and genomic analyses. DESCRIPTION This study was based on clinical, immunohistochemical assessment of muscle tissue and genomic analysis of dermal fibrobla...

A case of progressive muscular dystrophy with cardiac involvement in a young Negro man is reported. The presenting problem was cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure. It was not until compensation was achieved that the underlying myopathy became apparent. Death was unexpected and presumably sudden. An unusual finding at the postmortem examination was the marked thickening of the endocardium....

The slope of the curve relating integrated electromyographic activity of masseter muscle to biting force, the latency of the jaw-jerk reflex, and masticatory performance wee estimated in patients with Duchenne type of progressive muscular dystrophy before and during therapeutic exercise of the somatogenc system. The slope and latency were slightly decreased, and masticatory performance was incr...

Incipient cardiac failure was detected in 56 per cent of cases of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, 50per cent oflimb girdle type ofmyopathies, and2 of the 3 cases with 'unclassifled' variety. 'Myopathic pattern' in the electrocardiogram was seen in 82 per cent of the cases of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy who showed abnormal haemodynamics. This suggests that this pattern is due to...

neuralgic pains or tingling sensation. Soon the ball of the thumb became wasted. Movements of the fingers became impaired. Could not perform any delicate work requiring the use of fingers. The fingers became bent like " bird's claw." The left hand soon became implicated. Within a month the legs became affected. Other muscles of the body gradually became affected too. There was a constant feelin...