Muscular Dystrophy Methods and Protocols - Bushby, Katherine M.D.; Anderson, Louise V.B.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2001)
Background -- Application of Molecular Methodologies in Muscular Dystrophies -- Clinical Examination as a Tool for Diagnosis -- Histopathological Diagnosis of Muscular Dystrophies -- Serum Creatine Kinase in Progressive Muscular Dystrophies -- The molecular approach -- Deletion and Duplication Analysis in Males Affected with Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy -- Point Mutation Detection in the Dystrophin Gene -- DNA-Based Techniques for Detection of Carriers of Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy -- Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Analysis for Carrier Detection in Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy -- DNA- Based Prenatal Diagnosis for Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy -- Molecular Diagnosis and Genetic Counseling of the Manifesting Carrier of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy -- Mutation Analysis of X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy Gene -- Analysis of LAMA2 Gene in Merosin- Deficient Congenital Dystrophy -- ?-Sarcoglycan Mutations -- Mutation Detection in ?- and ?-Sarcoglycan (LGMD2E and LGMD2C) -- Mutation Analysis in ?-Sarcoglycan (LGMD2F) -- Molecular Diagnosis of Calpainopathies -- Molecular Investigation of LGMD2B-Haplotype Analysis and Mutation Screening -- Molecular Analysis of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD1) -- Protein Analysis in the Muscular Dystrophies -- Analysis of Protein Expression in Muscular Dystrophies -- Immunological Reagents and Amplification Systems -- Immunocytochemical Analysis -- Multiplex Western Blot Analysis of Muscular Dystrophy Proteins -- Fetal Muscle Biopsy -- Use of Animal Models to Understand Human Muscular Dystrophy -- Options for Development of Gene-Based Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy.
Keywords: Neurology .; Neurology