[Medical and prophylactic aids to children with hereditary diseases in Russia].

The state-of-the-art of medical and prophylactic aids to children with hereditary diseases in the Russian Federation and the main ways of its further development are analyzed.

[A databank on Russian families with hereditary neuromuscular diseases].

The information about 5 thousands Russian families with hereditary neuromuscular disorders (HNMD) was collected by means of both different genetic epidemiological methods and authors' own observations. On the basis of this material a computer database MYODYS in Excel 5.0 format was created, which included information about 30 different signs concerning 1920 families from 70 regions of Russia.