[Neuromuscular diseases in man (features of their course and types of inheritance)]

A large number of observations of neuromuscular diseases in humans have been analyzed. The clinical course and nature of inheritance of pathological forms differentiated according to the predominant localization of muscle damage have been found to differ within a wide range. The authors have demonstrated the possibility of significant intrafamilial variability of clinical manifestations which should be considered in medicogenetic counselling.