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Death in childhood due to facio‐scapulo‐humeral dystrophy
Author(s) -
McGarry John,
Garg Bhuwan,
Silbert Shirley
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1983.tb04817.x
Subject(s) - dystrophy , muscular dystrophy , biopsy , medicine , muscle biopsy , pathology
Two siblings with facio‐scapulo‐humeral dystrophy (FSH) had muscle biopsy with light microscopy and histochemistry performed. Rapid disease progression resulted in the death of one child at age 5 years. Such an outcome has not been previously reported.