Muscular dystrophy

"Describes the symptons and types of muscular dystrophy. Looks at how patients cope with this incurable diesease. Dr. Richard Nordgren explains treatments."@en
"Information on muscular dystrophy and research into a future cure."
"(Producer) Muscular dystrophy attacks muscles, causing the loss of the ability to walk, talk, and in some cases, to breath. About two-thirds of those affected are children, but symptoms can appear any time between birth and adolescence. This program looks at a young boy with the fatal form, known as Duchennes, receiving physical therapy at an Easter Seals Center, how bracing helps a six year old girl with spinal muscular atrophy and how a young mother with myasthenia gravis gets help from surgery and medication. A researcher and neurologist explain treatment and what is being done to find a cure."
"Describes the symptoms and types of muscular dystrophy. Looks at how patients cope with this incurable disease. Dr. Richard Nordgren explains treatments."
"Discusses muscular dystrophy as a disease that affects the muscles, and its victims lose their ability to walk, talk and even breathe."
"Presents the symptoms and descriptions of types of muscular dystrophy. Includes case histories showing how patients cope with this incurable disease."@en