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Superpulsed low-level laser therapy protects skeletal muscle of mdx mice against damage, inflammation and morphological changes delaying dystrophy progression. [PDF]

, 2014
Aim: To evaluate the effects of preventive treatment with low-level laser therapy (LLLT) on progression of dystrophy in mdx mice. Methods: Ten animals were randomly divided into 2 experimental groups treated with superpulsed LLLT (904 nm, 15 mW, 700 Hz ...
de Carvalho, Paulo de Tarso Camillo, Leal-Junior Ernesto Cesar Pinto, Lucio Frigo, Patrícia de Almeida, Lopes-Martins, Rodrigo Alvaro Brandao, de Almeida, Patrícia, Joensen Jon, Tomazoni, Shaiane Silva, Tomazoni Shaiane Silva, Bjordal, JM, Leal, Ernesto Cesar Pinto Jr, Leal-Junior, EC, Lopes-Martins, R, Joensen, J, Johnson, Mark I., Lopes-Martins Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão, Frigo, Lúcio, Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho, Tomazoni, SS, Bjordal, Jan Magnus, Bjordal Jan Magnus, Johnson, MI, Jon Joensen, Rodrigo Álvaro Brandão Lopes-Martins, de Carvalho, PT, Mark I Johnson, Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal-Junior, Joensen, Jon, de Almeida, P, Frigo, L, Jan Magnus Bjordal, Frigo Lucio, Johnson Mark I., de Carvalho Paulo de Tarso Camillo, de Almeida Patrícia, Shaiane Silva Tomazoni   +35 more
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The Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on Strength and Functional Tasks in Adults With Limb-Girdle, Becker, and Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophies

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Background: The inclusion of resistance training in the treatment and management of muscular dystrophy has previously been discouraged, based on mainly anecdotal evidence.
Emma L. Bostock, Dawn N. O'Dowd, Carl J. Payton, Dave Smith, Paul Orme, Bryn T. Edwards, Christopher I. Morse   +6 more
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Respiratory surveillance of patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, 2009
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is is the most common form of the childhood muscular dystrophies. It follows a predictable clinical course marked by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, lost of ambulation before teen-age and death in early adulthood ...
Virginia Spehrs-Ciaffi, Jean William Fitting, Jacques Cotting, Pierre-Yves Jeannet   +3 more
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A Clinical Study Shows Safety and Efficacy of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cell Therapy to Improve Quality of Life in Muscular Dystrophy Patients

Cell Transplantation, 2013
Muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder with no definite cure. A study was carried out on 150 patients diagnosed with muscular dystrophy. These included Duchenne muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, and Becker muscular dystrophy variants.
Alok Sharma M.S., M.Ch., Hemangi Sane, Prerna Badhe, Nandini Gokulchandran, Pooja Kulkarni, Mamta Lohiya, Hema Biju, V. C. Jacob   +7 more
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Comprehensive genetic characteristics of dystrophinopathies in China

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2018
Background Dystrophinopathies are a set of severe and incurable X-linked neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene (DMD). These mutations form a complex spectrum.
Peipei Ma, Shu Zhang, Hao Zhang, Siying Fang, Yuru Dong, Yan Zhang, Weiwei Hao, Shiwen Wu, Yuying Zhao   +8 more
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ANTISENSE MEDIATED DYSTROPHIN READING FRAME RESTORATION [PDF]

, 2010
Exon skipping using antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) has successfully been used to reframe the mRNA in various DMD (Duchenne muscular dystrophy) patients carrying deletions and in the mdx mouse model.
Spitali, Pietro
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Elevation of transaminases. What if not the liver?

Лечащий Врач
Background. According to Russian studies, the average age of Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis is 7-8 years. This is because, on one hand, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a rare disease, and a doctor may never see it throughout their clinical practice.
I. V. Sharkova
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Assessment of Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis to Explore Key Pathways and Novel Biomarkers in Muscular Dystrophy

Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2021
Xiaoxue Xu,1 Yuehan Hao,1 Jiao Wu,2 Jing Zhao,1 Shuang Xiong3 1Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Neurology, The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province,
Xu X, Hao Y, Wu J, Zhao J, Xiong S
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Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracking and Research Network (MD STARnet): Case Definition in Surveillance for Childhood-Onset Duchenne/Becker Muscular Dystrophy

, 2010
The Muscular Dystrophy Surveillance Tracking and Research Network (MD STARnet) is a multisite collaboration to determine the prevalence of childhood-onset Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy and to characterize health care and health outcomes in this ...
Timothy Miller, Dennis Matthews, Jiji R. Kantamneni, Emma Ciafaloni, Paul A. Romitti, Chris Cunniff, John Sladky, Lisa Miller, F. John Meaney, Valerie Cwik, Katherine D. Mathews, Charlotte Druschel   +11 more
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Risk estimation in families with Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Becker muscular dystrophy

, 2007
Risikoberechnung in Familien mit Muskeldystrophie Duchenne oder Muskeldystrophie Becker. Unter Berücksichtigung eines Keimzellmosaiks, heterogener Neumutationsraten und der Möglichkeit homozygot betroffener Frauen.Risk estimation in families with ...
Aichinger, Eric
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