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Flow Cytometry-Defined CD49d Expression in Circulating T-Lymphocytes Is a Biomarker for Disease Progression in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2018
Savino Wilson, Pinto-Mariz Fernanda, Mouly Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) affects 1:3500-1:5000 male births, and is caused by X-linked mutations in the dystrophin gene, manifested by progressive muscle weakness and wasting due to the absence of dystrophin protein, leading to degeneration of skeletal muscle. DMD patients are clinically heterogeneous and the functional phenotype often cannot be correlated with the genotype. Therefore, defined reliable...
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