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[Muscular dystrophies].
Der Pathologe - 1 Sept 2009
Neuen-Jacob E
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis "muscular dystrophy" without analysis of the underlying gene defect is nowadays obsolete. With the discovery and cloning of cytoskeleton proteins and intermediate filaments in the muscle fiber membrane, the sarcoplasm and the nucleus which are essential for the normal muscle fiber function, the classification of muscular dystrophies has dramatically improved. Muscular dystrophies are a group of...
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