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Dietary phosphorus overload aggravates the phenotype of the dystrophin-deficient mdx mouse.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2014
Wada Eiji, Yoshida Mizuko, Kojima Yoriko, Nonaka Ikuya, Ohashi Kazuya, Nagata Yosuke, Shiozuka Masataka, Date Munehiro, Higashi Tetsuo, Nishino Ichizo, Matsuda Ryoichi
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a lethal X-linked disease with no effective treatment. Progressive muscle degeneration, increased macrophage infiltration, and ectopic calcification are characteristic features of the mdx mouse, a murine model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Because dietary phosphorus/phosphate consumption is increasing and adverse effects of phosphate overloading have been reported in several...
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