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Muscular Dystrophy

Known as: Dystrophies, Muscular, Muscular dystrophy NOS, Dystrophy, Muscular 
A group of inherited progressive muscle disorders characterized by muscle weakness and eventual death of the muscle tissues. Examples include… 
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CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION, TYPE IeConnective and Soft TissueFukuyama Type Congenital Muscular DystrophyIn Blood
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Hereditary DiseasesMetabolic DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesMyopathy
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
In vivo genome editing improves muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Editing can help build stronger muscles Much of the controversy surrounding the gene-editing technology called CRISPR/Cas9… 
Review
2012
Review
2012
The muscular dystrophies.
The muscular dystrophies are disorders of progressive muscular degeneration and weakness. As a group they display clinical… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Defective membrane repair in dysferlin-deficient muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy includes a diverse group of inherited muscle diseases characterized by wasting and weakness of skeletal muscle… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Loss of a-Type Lamin Expression Compromises Nuclear Envelope Integrity Leading to Muscular Dystrophy
The nuclear lamina is a protein meshwork lining the nucleoplasmic face of the inner nuclear membrane and represents an important… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Profiles of neuromuscular diseases. Becker's muscular dystrophy.
Fifteen subjects with Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD) were studied prospectively over a 10-yr period to provide a profile of… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Identification of a novel X-linked gene responsible for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder characterized by slowly progressing contractures… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
An unstable triplet repeat in a gene related to myotonic muscular dystrophy.
Synthetic oligonucleotides containing GC-rich triplet sequences were used in a scanning strategy to identify unstable genetic… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The mdx mouse diaphragm reproduces the degenerative changes of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
ALTHOUGH murine X-linked muscular dystrophy (mdx) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are genetically homologous and both… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The molecular basis of muscular dystrophy in the mdx mouse: a point mutation.
The mdx mouse is an X-linked myopathic mutant, an animal model for human Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In both mouse and man the… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
X chromosome-linked muscular dystrophy (mdx) in the mouse.
An X chromosome-linked mouse mutant (gene symbol, mdx) has been found that has elevated plasma levels of muscle creatine kinase… 
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