muscle disease: References & Edit History
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A comprehensive review of the myopathies is found in John Walton et al. (eds.), Disorders of Voluntary Muscle, 6th ed. (1994); this work also contains chapters on the anatomy and physiology of muscle. Stirling Carpenter and George Karpati, Pathology of Skeletal Muscle, 2nd ed. (2001); and Andrew G. Engel and Clara Franzini-Armstrong (eds.), Myology (2004), are extensive treatments.
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Ronald A. Henson
Physician and Neurologist, London Hospital, 1949–81. Physician, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, 1952–81.
- Walter G. Bradley
- Richard Humphrey Tudor Edwards
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Added an image of Clostridium tetani, the causative agent of tetanus. | Jul 01, 2020 | ||
| Added an image of a Trichinella parasite in muscle tissue and added an illustration of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which occurs on muscle cells. | Apr 23, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Neuroscience Institute - Muscle Disease. | Sep 26, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Muscle Disease. | Jan 02, 2014 | ||
| Updated to include information on studies of myotonia in goats and the relevance of these studies to understanding myotonic diseases in humans. | Apr 08, 2009 | ||
| New illustration added. | Jan 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Heart Muscle Disease. | Dec 04, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Oct 03, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 03, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 29, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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