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Book review
Congenital Muscular Dystrophies
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Congenital Muscular Dystrophies. Edited by y fukuyama, m osawa, and k saito. (Pp 432, NLG 420.00). Published by Elsevier Science, The Netherlands, 1997. ISBN 0-444-82487-1.
This book describes in detail the clinical features and latest research findings on congenital muscular dystrophy. The book follows on from an International Symposium on Congenital Muscular Dystrophies which was held in Tokyo in July 1994. The book has many positive features but also some less good features, so common in edited multiauthor texts.
On the positive side, the book gives a very comprehensive and authoritative review of the clinical features of the various types of congenital muscular dystrophies. I …