Muscular dystrophies, dilated cardiomyopathy, lipodystrophy and neuropathy: the nuclear connection.

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An understanding of muscle structure and function is central to improving our knowledge of the group of muscle diseases referred to as muscular dystrophies. These diseases involve a progressive weakening and wasting of skeletal muscle, which can be associated with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The vast majority of these diseases arise from defects in either cytoskeletal or structural proteins, resulting...

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