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Skeletal Muscle
Basic and Clinical Aspects and Illustrative New Diseases
- CARL M. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.;
- RALPH F. COLEMAN, M.S, M.D.;
- WILLIAM M. FOWLER, JR., M.D.;
- WILFRIED F. H. M. MOMMAERTS, PH.D.;
- THEODORE L. MUNSAT, M.D.; and
- J. B. PETER, M.D., PH.D.
- Requests for reprints should be addressed to Carl M. Pearson, M.D., Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024.
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Dr. Carl M. Pearson: It is appropriate that we should discuss current knowledge about disorders of skeletal muscle since, perhaps by chance, various members of the UCLA faculty have, as their primary research, investigative, and clinical interests, skeletal muscle and the diseases that affect it either primarily or significantly as a result of a more widespread pathophysiological disorder.
The skeletal musculature of the body comprises the largest tissue mass, by bulk as well as by weight, in the average human. It is incorrect to consider "the musculature" as a homogeneous tissue: Rather, it is composed of a series of symmetrically positioned
Article and Author Information
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This is an edited transcription of an Interdepartmental Clinical Case Conference arranged by the Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif.
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- Received June 26, 1967.
- Accepted June 29, 1967.
