Some unanswered questions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

doi:10.1016/0960-8966(94)90065-5

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Some unanswered questions in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Jul 1994

Emery A E

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Though the molecular and biochemical bases of Duchenne muscular dystrophy are known, many questions still remain unanswered. They range from the nature and cause of gene deletions to the relationship between dystrophin defects and the clinical phenotype, both in affected males and female carriers...

Topics

Dystrophin
Gene Deletion
Heterozygote
Humans
Intelligence
Muscles
Muscular Dystrophies
Myocardium
Phenotype

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