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Index • home • what is muscular dystrophy? • symptoms • diagnosis • cause • treatment • prognosis • types Site Info about us contact us about amazon about google ads privacy disclaimer links sitemap Useful Ads Muscular Dystrophy: theFacts | home | all | books | healthpersonalcare | about Amazon products | Muscular Dystrophy All from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy: theFacts List Price: $22.50 Amazon Price: $18.74 Average Customer Rating: (2 reviews) Editorial Review: The muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic diseases that severely affect children and adults. For sufferers and their family, the illness presents enormous physical and psychological challenges. Written specifically for people with muscular dystrophy and their families, this new edition of Muscular dystrophy: the facts answers many of the questions asked about how and why it occurs, and how it will affect the life of a recently diagnosed child. Throughout, the different types of muscular dystrophy are described with a minimum of technical jargon. Questions relating to exercise, physiotherapy, surgery, and the emotional effects of the diseases are answered, and advice given on the problems of schooling and choice of career. Since publication of the 1st edition, the genes for almost all the different types of dystrophy have been identified, enabling prevention through genetic counselling, and relieving some of the worry for affected families. Drawn from his many years of experien... Customer Reviews: 3 of 3 found this review helpful: ok on facts, light on sense, 2005-09-14 The medical aspects are dealt with fairly accessibly, but troubles me is the author's tone throughout the book - patronising, and his tendency to make statements that belie an extraordinary ignorance of human beings. What kind of weirdo would write a sentence like "....of course, the death of a child is always tragic, even when it is expected"? There are a few such pronouncements in the book, but the whole thing is saturated with that strange arrogance that only doctors seem to manage - I think it comes from dealing so much with "the sick" and "suffering" family members, that they start thinking that doctors are some higher breed of "healthy" humans who are on earth to offer hope to poor unfortunates. I would not recommend this book for parents. 3 of 3 found this review helpful: A great source of information, 2001-01-02 This book uses easy to understand language to explain the complexities of this group of disorders. It is a good first book for individuals and families faced with the likelihood or reality of a muscular dystrophy diagnosis. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy from Amazon All from Amazon Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Identity, and Muscular Dystrophy more... buy from Amazon Molecular and Cell Biology of Muscular Dystrophy (Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases, No 3) more... buy from Amazon Quest - Az more... buy from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy I Will Green Youth Wristband more... buy from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy: theFacts more... buy from Amazon Yoga for Muscular Dystrophy [Swami Ramdev] more... buy from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy in Children: A Guide for Families more... buy from Amazon FSHD Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy: Clinical Medicine and Molecular Cell Biology more... buy from Amazon Molecular and Cell Biology of Muscular Dystrophy (Molecular and Cell Biology of Human Diseases, No 3) more... buy from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy (The Facts) more... buy from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy (Diseases and Disorders) more... buy from Amazon You've Gotta Fight Back!: Winning with Serious Illness, Injury or Disability more... buy from Amazon The Muscular Dystrophies more... buy from Amazon Muscular Dystrophy: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine) (Methods in Molecular Medicine) more... buy from Amazon A Wing and a Prayer: An Artist's Journey with Muscular Dystrophy more... buy from Amazon Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD): Clinical Medicine and Molecular Cell Biology more... buy from Amazon Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy more... buy from Amazon TRI WRITE CRAYONS more... buy from Amazon Palsy/Strokes/Muscular Dystrophy/ Sclerosis more... buy from Amazon Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Advances in Therapeutics (Neurological Disease and Therapy) more... buy from Amazon Occupational Therapy and Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy more... buy from Amazon Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy - A Bibliography and Dictionary for Physicians, Patients, and Genome Researchers more... buy from Amazon Acetyl L-Carnitine 500mg, 30 Capsules more... buy from Amazon Useful links Useful Sites eczema hearing loss herpes hypertension impotence incontinence kidney stones mesothelioma migraine mouth ulcers osteoporosis ringworm scabies stretch marks thrush vitamin a vitamin b1 vitamin b2 vitamin b3 warts

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