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Improving translational studies: lessons from rare neuromuscular diseases [PDF]

, 2015
Animal models play a key role in the development of novel treatments for human disease. This is particularly true for rare diseases – defined as disorders that affect less than 1 in 2000 people in the human population – for which, very often, there are ...
Wells, D J
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Hepatobiliary disease in XLMTM: a common comorbidity with potential impact on treatment strategies

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background X-linked myotubular myopathy (XLMTM) is a rare congenital myopathy resulting from pathogenic variants in the MTM1 gene. Affected male subjects typically present with severe hypotonia and respiratory distress at birth and they often require ...
Adele D’Amico, Antonella Longo, Fabiana Fattori, Michele Tosi, Luca Bosco, Maria Beatrice Chiarini Testa, Giovanna Paglietti, Claudio Cherchi, Adelina Carlesi, Irene Mizzoni, Enrico Bertini   +10 more
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Musculoskeletal disorders in university professors who telework due to COVID-19 pandemic

Universidad y Salud, 2022
Introduction: Teaching virtually can cause symptoms related to muscle pain due to bad postures when working with computers. Objective: To determine the presence of musculoskeletal disorders in university professors who telework during the COVID-19 ...
Angy Natalia Cristancho, Andrea Almario Barrera, Yeny Castellanos-Domínguez   +2 more
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Are mice good models for human neuromuscular disease? Comparing muscle excursions in walking between mice and humans [PDF]

, 2017
The mouse is one of the most widely used animal models to study neuromuscular diseases and test new therapeutic strategies. However, findings from successful pre-clinical studies using mouse models frequently fail to translate to humans due to various ...
A De Luca, A Rajagopal, A Soman, AA Biewener, AA Biewener, AC Ludolph, AEH Emery, AL Camp, AV Birn-Jeffery, BH Wokke, BJ Petrof, C Pastoret, C Webster, CM Consolino, CM Eng, DM Escolar, E Azizi, E Mok, EK Moo, EM Arnold, EM Arnold, EM Arnold, FA Jenkins, FE Zajac, GM Buyse, GT Carter, H Radley-Crabb, H Stedman, HB van der Worp, HM Hsieh-Li, IG Kirkinezos, J Manning, JA Granchelli, JA Vilensky, JH Veldink, JJ Kaczor, JK Mah, JN Kornegay, JN Kornegay, JP Charles, JP Charles, JR Chamberlain, JW Carnwath, JW McGreevy, KA Clarke, KN An, L Xu, LM Ittner, M Benatar, M Bodor, M Millard, MD Grounds, MD Klein Horsman, ME Gurney, ME Llewellyn, MP Kadaba, N Alexander, N Serradj, NP Whitehead, P DeVita, P Moens, P Sicinski, R Burdi, R Willmann, R Willmann, RH Miller, RW Burgess, SL Delp, SL Delp, SR Ward, SS Blemker, SV Brooks, T Akay, TA McMahon, TA Partridge, TS Buchanan, V Brussee, VC Henderson, X Chen, X Chen, X Hu, ZJ Domire   +81 more
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Hyperkinetic stereotyped movements in a boy with biallelic CNTNAP2 variants

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Background Heterozygous variants in CNTNAP2 have been implicated in a wide range of neurological phenotypes, including intellectual disability (ID), epilepsy, autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), and impaired language.
Marcello Scala, Midas Anijs, Roberta Battini, Francesca Madia, Valeria Capra, Paolo Scudieri, Alberto Verrotti, Federico Zara, Carlo Minetti, Sonja C. Vernes, Pasquale Striano   +10 more
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Health-related quality of life and functional changes in DMD:A 12-month longitudinal cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
Family caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) live stressful lives in which they spend most of their time caring for their loved ones and managing difficult situations, thereby reducing the time spent in taking care of themselves ...
Baranello, G, Barcellona, C, Berardinelli, A., Bertini, E, Bruno, C, D\u2019Amico, A, D\u2019Angelo, M. G., Distefano, M. G., La Rosa, M, Marcato, S, Mazzone, E, Mercuri, E., Messina, S, Minetti, C, Mongini, T, Morandi, L, Palmieri, Arianna, Pane, M, Pegoraro, Elena, Politano, L, Rodolico, C, Scutifero, M, Sframeli M., Mondello S, Vita G., L, Vita, E   +24 more
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Clinical and genetic characterisation of dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophy in a family of Miniature Poodle dogs [PDF]

, 2018
Four full-sibling intact male Miniature Poodles were evaluated at 4–19 months of age. One was clinically normal and three were affected. All affected dogs were reluctant to exercise and had generalised muscle atrophy, a stiff gait and a markedly elevated
A Aartsma-Rus, A McKenna, Alberta de Stefani, Anita Shea, AP Monaco, AV Winnard, BA Valentine, BF Smith, BJ Cooper, C Le Guiner, C Pichavant, CA Collins, CA Jenkins, CA Wetterman, Carlos E. Ambrósio, CT Caskey, DE Cole, DJ VanBelzen, Elsa Beltrán, EM Hoogerwaard, EM Hoogerwaard, EP Hoffman, F Daoud, G Anil, G Bulfield, G. Diane Shelton, GD Shelton, GD Shelton, GD Shelton, GD Shelton, GL Walmsley, H Li, JA Goldstein, JL Carpenter, JN Kornegay, JN Kornegay, JR Mendell, JW McGreevy, K Bushby, K Nakamura, KJ Livak, KJ Nowak, Ling T. Guo, Lluís Sánchez, Louise M. Burmeister, LT Guo, Luisa De Risio, M Koenig, N Klymiuk, N Winand, NJ Olby, NJ Sharp, PP Nghiem, S Atencia-Fernandez, S Pouwels, S Rozen, SJ Schatzberg, SJ Schatzberg, T Larcher, U Francke, V Dubowitz, V Ricotti, W El Nemer, WI Baltzer   +63 more
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Effectiveness of ischemic compression pressure versus spray and stretch technique in the management of active myofascial trigger points of trapezius muscle.

International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 2021
Background: Now, a days myofascial trigger points are tremendously occurring and become a stressful part of nearly any person at any time in a lifetime. This study compares the effects of ischemic compression pressure with spray and stretch technique to ...
Urooj Khan, Saeed Akhter, Muhammad Khan, Aftab Ahmed Mirza Baig   +3 more
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Mitochondrial encephalocardio-myopathy with early neonatal onset due to TMEM70 mutation [PDF]

, 2010
Objective Mitochondrial disturbances of energy-generating systems in childhood are a heterogeneous group of disorders. The aim of this multi-site survey was to characterise the natural course of a novel mitochondrial disease with ATP synthase deficiency ...
Bodamer, O, Freisinger, P, Hansikova, H, Honzik, T, Houstek, J, Huemer, M, Jesina, P, Kmoch, S, Koch, J, Kostkova, O, Magner, M, Mayr, JA, Sperl, W, Tesarova, M, Van Coster, Rudy, Zeman, J   +15 more
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Decoding the transcriptome of Duchenne muscular dystrophy to the single nuclei level reveals clinical-genetic correlations

Cell Death and Disease, 2023
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease produced by mutations in the dystrophin gene characterized by early onset muscle weakness leading to severe and irreversible disability. The cellular and molecular consequences of the lack of dystrophin in
Xavier Suárez-Calvet, Esther Fernández-Simón, Daniel Natera, Cristina Jou, Patricia Pinol-Jurado, Elisa Villalobos, Carlos Ortez, Alexandra Monceau, Marianela Schiava, Anna Codina, José Verdu-Díaz, James Clark, Zoe Laidler, Priyanka Mehra, Rasya Gokul-Nath, Jorge Alonso-Perez, Chiara Marini-Bettolo, Giorgio Tasca, Volker Straub, Michela Guglieri, Andrés Nascimento, Jordi Diaz-Manera   +21 more
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