Article
Ventilatory dysfunction in mdx mice: impact of tumor necrosis factor-alpha deletion.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Sept 2003
Gosselin Luc E, Barkley Jacob E, Spencer Melissa J, McCormick Kathleen M, Farkas Gaspar A
Abstract excerpt
Muscular dystrophy is associated with inflammation and fiber necrosis in the diaphragm that may alter ventilatory function. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent in vivo ventilatory function in dystrophic (mdx) mice was compromised and to assess the impact of deletion of tumor...
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