Genetic and Clinical Advances of Congenital Muscular Dystrophy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim was to update the genetic and clinical advances of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), based on a systematic review of the literature from 1991 to 2017.

Data sources

Articles in English published in PubMed from 1991 to 2017 English were searched. The terms used in the literature searches were CMD.

Study selection

The task force initially identified citations for 98 published articles. Of the 98 articles, 52 studies were selected after further detailed review. Three articles, which were not written in English, were excluded from the study. This study referred to all the important and English literature in full.

Results

CMD is a group of early-onset disorders encompassing great clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Patients present with muscle we

SUBMITTER: Fu XN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5678264 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature