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Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood

The words of Gowers are as true today as they were nearly a century ago. My interest in muscular dystrophy started in 1957 when, as Senior House Officer at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey, I first observed a large number of children suffering from this tragic disease. The frus...

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Main Author: Dubowitz, Victor
Other Authors: Lawson, David
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Language:English
Published: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health 2020
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description The words of Gowers are as true today as they were nearly a century ago. My interest in muscular dystrophy started in 1957 when, as Senior House Officer at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey, I first observed a large number of children suffering from this tragic disease. The frustration of helplessly, watching its inevitable course stimulated the present study.After obtaining an initial impression or' the collection from my clinical observations and a review of the hospital records between 1920 and 1950, I started a more systematic enquiry. The present investigation compromises my personal observations on 65 cases ranging in age from 3 to 16 years. Of these, 57 were seen and followed up at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, and 8 at the Southern Hospital, Dartford, Kent.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/32041 Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood Dubowitz, Victor Lawson, David Daniel, P M Pediatrics muscular dystrophy The words of Gowers are as true today as they were nearly a century ago. My interest in muscular dystrophy started in 1957 when, as Senior House Officer at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, Surrey, I first observed a large number of children suffering from this tragic disease. The frustration of helplessly, watching its inevitable course stimulated the present study.After obtaining an initial impression or' the collection from my clinical observations and a review of the hospital records between 1920 and 1950, I started a more systematic enquiry. The present investigation compromises my personal observations on 65 cases ranging in age from 3 to 16 years. Of these, 57 were seen and followed up at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, and 8 at the Southern Hospital, Dartford, Kent. 2020-06-08T09:17:35Z 2020-06-08T09:17:35Z 1960 2020-04-08T09:01:04Z Doctoral Thesis Doctoral https://hdl.handle.net/11427/32041 eng application/pdf Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences
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Dubowitz, Victor
Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood
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title Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood
title_full Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood
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title_full_unstemmed Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood
title_short Progressive muscular dystrophy in childhood
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muscular dystrophy
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