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Therapeutic approaches to muscular dystrophy.

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Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders characterized by muscle weakness and wasting. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and severe form of muscular dystrophy, and although the molecular mechanisms of the disease have been extensively investigated since the discovery of the gene in 1986, there is currently no effective treatment. However, new gene-based therapies have recently emerged with particular noted advances in using conventional gene repla...

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10.1093/hmg/ddr105

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Physiology Anatomy & Genetics
Role:
Author
Journal:
Human molecular genetics
Volume:
20
Issue:
R1
Pages:
R69-R78
Publication date:
2011-04-01
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EISSN:
1460-2083
ISSN:
0964-6906
Language:
English
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uuid:0b20898a-8651-437b-ad4c-67b0752fdad0
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pubs:127193
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127193
Deposit date:
2012-12-19

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