Genetics of Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy

Abstract

The relationship of phenotype to genotype in a clinically and genetically well defined population of 157 affected patients and 62 kindreds with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) was examined at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY, and Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

Keywords

• facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
• isometric myometry scores
• trigonocephaly