• Seminars in neurology · Jan 1999

    Historical Article

    Early observations on muscular dystrophy: Gowers' textbook revisited.

    • R M Pascuzzi.
    • Department of Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5124, USA.
    • Semin Neurol. 1999 Jan 1;19(1):87-92.

    AbstractEarly clinical observations on Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be traced through the works of Meryon, Little, Duchenne, Gowers, and Erb. Gowers sites Sir Charles Bell with its earliest clinical description. Gowers' phenomenal textbook provides vivid descriptions of Duchenne dystrophy, clinical features which are herein revisited.

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