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Dystrophin-related protein in Becker muscular dystrophy.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jun 1994
Higuchi I, Niiyama T, Fukunaga H, Nakamura K, Nakagawa M, Osame M
Abstract excerpt
A benign Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) patient with a marked decrease in dystrophin exhibited remarkable expression of dystrophin-related protein (DRP) on most of the muscle cell membrane. A phenotypic Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient with a truncated form of dystrophin exhibited no DRP expression on the muscle cell membrane except for the neuromuscular junction. Increased DRP expression might compensate for...
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