Article
Tongue muscle is protected from dystrophic changes in the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Rat
2022-02-23
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<h4>Background: </h4> Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle disease caused by a complete lack of dystrophin, which stabilizes the plasma membrane of myofibers. The orofacial function is affected in an advanced stage of DMD and this often leads to an eating disorder such as dysphagia. Dysphagia is caused by multiple etiologies including decreased mastication and swallowing. Therefore, preventing t...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 69b43395-cefe-5072-8fba-adb574059923
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1379508/v1
