TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 572. Myopathies A1 - Darras, Basil T. A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. Y1 - 2011 N1 - T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Muscular dystrophies are an inherited group of primary diseases of muscle, characterized pathologically by muscle fiber degeneration and clinically by progressive muscle weakness. Pathologic, clinical and genetic criteria have been used as the basis for their classification. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7058953 ER -