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Full-length dystrophin expression in half of the heart cells ameliorates -isoproterenol-induced cardiomyopathy in mdx mice
15 Jun 2004
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Gene therapy holds great promise for curing Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common fatal inherited childhood muscle disease. Success of DMD gene therapy depends upon functional improvement in both skeletal and cardiac muscle. Numerous gene transfer studies have been performed to correct skeletal muscle pathology, yet little is known about cardiomyopathy gene therapy. Since complete transduction of the...
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