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Dystrophinopathies in females.
Folia neuropathologica - 1 Jan 2000
Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz I, Fidziańska A, Niebrój-Dobosz I, Dorobek M, Bojakowski J
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Various laboratory tests were performed to establish carriership in 24 familial and sporadic carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). The activity of creatine kinase was in all females but one, very high and significantly higher in isolated carriers; quantitative EMG indicated myopathic changes, muscle biopsies revealed different degrees of changes--from a variability of...
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