Abstract
Treatment of the diseases known collectively as muscular dystrophy has not proved very successful. So far, the best results have been achieved by preventive medicine, although pathological and biochemical research is beginning to yield useful information.
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WALTON, J. Research in Muscular Dystrophy. Nature 228, 417–418 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228417a0
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