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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… Expand
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Alpha-B Crystallinopathy with CataractBassoe syndromeBecker Muscular DystrophyBethlem myopathy
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CONGENITAL DISORDER OF GLYCOSYLATION, TYPE IeConnective and Soft TissueFukuyama Type Congenital Muscular DystrophyIn Blood
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Broader (5)

Hereditary DiseasesMetabolic DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesMyopathy
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Papers overview

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2019
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2019
CRISPR Correction of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
The ability to efficiently modify the genome using CRISPR technology has rapidly revolutionized biology and genetics and will… Expand
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2019
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2019
RNA Splicing and Disease: Animal Models to Therapies.
Alternative splicing of pre-mRNA increases genetic diversity, and recent studies estimate that most human multiexon genes are… Expand
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2018
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2018
Inflammation in ALS/FTD pathogenesis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are neurodegenerative diseases that overlap in their… Expand
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2018
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2018
Skeletal muscle fibrosis: an overview
  • M. Mahdy
  • Cell and Tissue Research
  • 2018
    • Corpus ID: 53286576
Extracellular matrix (ECM) is an essential component of skeletal muscle. It provides a framework structure that holds myofibers… Expand
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2018
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2018
Circulating myomiRs: a new class of biomarkers to monitor skeletal muscle in physiology and medicine
MicroRNAs (miRNA) are small non‐coding RNAs that target mRNAs and are consequently involved in the post‐transcriptional… Expand
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2018
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2018
Exon-skipping advances for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal genetic disorder characterized by progressive muscle wasting that has currently no… Expand
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2018
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2018
Antisense oligonucleotides in neurological disorders
The introduction of genetics revolutionized the field of neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases and has provided… Expand
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2018
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2018
Pharmacology of Recombinant Adeno-associated Virus Production
Recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors have been used in more than 150 clinical trials with a good safety profile and… Expand
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2016
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2016
Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff.
BACKGROUND In epidemics of highly infectious diseases, such as Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) or SARS, healthcare workers (HCW) are at… Expand
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2016
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2016
Satellite Cells in Muscular Dystrophy - Lost in Polarity.
Recent findings employing the mdx mouse model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have revealed that muscle satellite stem… Expand
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