**Meet the editor**

Dr Ashraf Zaher is an Associate Professor and Consultant of Neurology at Neurology department, school of Medicine, University of Mansoura, Egypt. He received his M.D, Ph.D. (2006), MSc (1999) and M.B.B.Ch (1993) from the School of Medicine, University of Mansoura, Egypt. His research interests include the EMG, NCV & Evoked Potentials "including Visual Evoked Potential,

BAEP and P300", Neuromuscular Disorders, Cerebral Stroke and Epilepsy in which he had published many local and international researches. Professor Zaher has been teaching postgraduate and undergraduate Fifth year Medical Students "Both conventional and Manchester Program" and second year students at the Faculty of Nursing. He is also consulting in the Neurology field since 1999, and is a frequent contributor in many local and international conferences.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Integrins in the Development** 

Chapter 3 **AON-Mediated Exon Skipping** 

Chapter 4 **Psychosocial Support Needs** 

**of Families of Boys with** 

Jean K. Mah and Doug Biggar

Chapter 5 **Comparison Between Courses of Home** 

Chapter 6 **Myopathy in Autoimmune Diseases –** 

Chapter 7 **Dermatomyositis 129**  Fred van Gelderen

Toshio Saito and Katsunori Tatara

**and Pathology of Skeletal Muscle 1** 

**for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 55**  Ingrid E. C. Verhaart and Annemieke Aartsma-Rus

**Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 81** 

**and Inpatients Mechanical Ventilation** 

Fumio Kaneko, Ari Togashi, Erika Nomura, Teiji Yamamoto and Hideo Sakuma

Chapter 8 **Interstitial Pneumonia in Dermatomyositis 143** 

Tohru Takeuchi, Takuya Kotani and Shigeki Makino

**in Patients with Muscular Dystrophy in Japan 105** 

**Primary Sjögren's Syndrome and Dermatomyositis 117** 

Chapter 2 **Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy:** 

Monica Salani, Elisabetta Morini, Isabella Scionti and Rossella Tupler

Susan C. Brown, Ulrich Mueller and Francesco J. Conti

**From Clinical Data to Molecular Genetics and Return 21** 
