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Becker muscular dystrophy patients with deletions around exon 51; a promising outlook for exon skipping therapy in Duchenne patients.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Apr 2010
Helderman-van den Enden A T J M, Straathof C S M, Aartsma-Rus A, den Dunnen J T, Verbist B M, Bakker E, Verschuuren J J G M, Ginjaar H B
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Theoretically, 13% of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy may benefit from antisense-mediated skipping of exon 51 to restore the reading frame, which results in the production of a shortened dystrophin protein. We give a detailed description with longitudinal follow up of three patients wit...
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