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Modulation of PGC-1α activity as a treatment for metabolic and muscle-related diseases [PDF]
, 2014 Physical inactivity is a predisposing factor for various disease states including obesity, cardiovascular disease, as well as for certain types of cancer. Regular endurance exercise mediates several beneficial effects such as increased energy expenditure
Handschin, Christoph +1 more
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Beta-agonist stimulation ameliorates the phenotype of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy mice and patient-derived myotubes [PDF]
, 2017 Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by the loss of lower motor neurons. SBMA is caused by expansions of a polyglutamine tract in the gene coding for androgen receptor (AR).
Blaauw, Bert +18 more
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Gigantic Stomach: A Rare Manifestation of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]
, 2019 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by degeneration and atrophy of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscles after a latent period of apparently normal development and function. The gastrointestinal manifestations start in the second decade of
Dhaliwal, Amaninder +4 more
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Todd Paralysis in Rolandic Epilepsy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2015 Investigators from University of Gaziantep, Turkey described the clinical and EEG findings of patients with benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) experiencing postictal Todd paralysis.
Pasquale Striano, Maria Stella Vari
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Disease taxonomy - monogenic muscular dystrophy [PDF]
British Medical Bulletin, 1999 The field of the autosomal recessive progressive muscular dystrophies has clarified significantly following the recent elucidation of the genetic and molecular etiology of a number of these entities. These studies illustrate how genetics provides a rationale and objective basis for a new, refined nosology.
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Non-neural phenotype of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy: Results from a large cohort of Italian patients [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To carry out a deep characterisation of the main androgen-responsive tissues involved in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA). Methods: 73 consecutive Italian patients underwent a full clinical protocol including biochemical and hormonal ...
Angelini, Lorenzo +37 more
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Pulmonary and Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients [PDF]
Acute and Critical Care, 2019 Some patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) because of an acute illness, complicated surgery, or multiple traumas develop muscle weakness affecting the limbs and respiratory muscles during acute care in the ICU.
Myung Hun Jang +2 more
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カベオリン異常症における特徴的な骨格筋MRI画像所見に関する検討 [PDF]
, 2019 博士(医学) 甲第702号(主論文の要旨、要約、審査結果の要旨、本文)，著者名:Kumiko IHIGURO・Takahiro NAKAYAMA・Masaru YOSHIOKA・Terumi MURAKAMI・Sachiko KAJINO・Minobu SHICHIJI・Takatoshi SATO・Naomi HINO-FUKUYO・Satoshi KURU・Makiko OSAWA・Satoru NAGATA・Mariko OKUBO・Nobuyuki MURAKAMI・Yukiko K ...
石黒 久美子
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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 +21 more
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Rehabilitation interventions for foot drop in neuromuscular disease [PDF]
, 2007 "Foot drop" or "Floppy foot drop" is the term commonly used to describe weakness or contracture of the muscles around the ankle joint.
Disler, Peter B. +3 more
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