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Improvement of the mdx mouse dystrophic phenotype by systemic in utero AAV8 delivery of a minidystrophin gene.
Gene therapy - 1 Nov 2010
Koppanati B M, Li J, Reay D P, Wang B, Daood M, Zheng H, Xiao X, Watchko J F, Clemens P R
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating primary muscle disease with pathological changes in skeletal muscle that are ongoing at the time of birth. Progressive deterioration in striated muscle function in affected individuals ultimately results in early death due to cardio-pulmonary failure. As affected individuals can be identified before birth by prenatal genetic testing for DMD, gene replacement...
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