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Myogenic defects in myotonic dystrophy.
Developmental biology - 15 Jan 2004
Amack Jeffrey D, Mahadevan Mani S
Abstract excerpt
Myogenesis is the developmental program that generates and regenerates skeletal muscle. This process is impaired in patients afflicted with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Muscle development is disrupted in infants born with congenital DM1, and recent evidence suggests that defective regeneration may contribute to muscle weakness and wasting in affected adults. DM1 represents the first example of a human disease...
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