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By Alan E.H. Emery and Marcia L.H. Emery. 248 pp., illustrated. London, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1995. $35. ISBN 1-85315-249-3.

Duchenne's muscular dystrophy is one of the most common and devastating inherited conditions, and the elucidation of its underlying cause is often cited as the first jewel in the crown of human molecular genetics. Today, studying DNA from patients to uncover the primary defect in a disease is routine, and hundreds of disease genes have been identified. The current frenzied activity in research on the human genome and disease genetics can be overwhelming, and this book by the renowned Emerys offers a respite from the fray as it systematically traverses the medical history of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.

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