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Pediatrics In Review, 2000 Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetically determined muscular disorders marked by progressive wasting and weakness of the skeletal muscle, but which often affect cardiac and smooth muscles or other tissues. The patterns of inheritance are either dominant or recessive although the gene may be defective because of a new mutation.
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Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy [PDF]
Neurologic Clinics, 2014 This article describes the clinical characteristics, diagnosis, molecular pathogenesis, and treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD).FSHD comprises two genetically distinct types that converge on a common downstream pathway of the expression of the toxic protein DUX4.
Jeffrey, Statland, Rabi, Tawil
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BMC Neurology, 2019 Background Treatment options for Duchenne muscular dystrophy remain limited, although consensus treatment guidelines recommend corticosteroid use. Methods This retrospective analysis assessed corticosteroid use in ambulatory and nonambulatory US males ...
Leslie Cowen +4 more
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Increased circulating levels of interleukin-6 induce perturbation in redox-regulated signaling cascades in muscle of dystrophic mice [PDF]
, 2017 Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked genetic disease in which dystrophin gene is mutated, resulting in dysfunctional or absent dystrophin protein.
Forcina, Laura +4 more
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Medium to long-term outcome of thoracoscapular arthrodesis with screw fixation for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Shoulder girdle muscle weakness is the most constant feature of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and leads to scapular winging. Mechanical fixation of the scapula to the thoracic wall provides a stable fulcrum on which the deltoid ...
Atoun, Ehud +5 more
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Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2017 Spinal muscular atrophy linked to chromosome 5q (SMA) is a recessive, progressive, neuromuscular disorder caused by bi-allelic mutations in the SMN1 gene, resulting in motor neuron degeneration and variable presentation in relation to onset and severity.
Ingrid E. C. Verhaart +7 more
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Molecular Therapy: Methods & Clinical Development, 2020 Dystroglycanopathy, a subgroup of muscular dystrophies, is characterized by hypoglycosylation of α-dystroglycan (α-DG), which reduces its laminin-binding activity to extracellular matrix proteins, causing progressive loss of muscle integrity and function.
Marcela P. Cataldi +4 more
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Congenital muscular dystrophy: from muscle to brain. [PDF]
, 2016 Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a wide group of muscular disorders that manifest with very early onset of muscular weakness, sometime associated to severe brain involvement.The histologic pattern of muscle anomalies is typical of dystrophic ...
Corsello G +7 more
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Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2016 A series of poly(esteramine)s (PEAs) constructed from low molecular weight polyethyleneimine (LPEI) and Pluronic were evaluated for the delivery of antisense oligonuclotides (AOs), 2′-O-methyl phosphorothioate RNA (2′-OMePS) and phosphorodiamidate ...
Mingxing Wang +5 more
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Testing the Feasibility of a Passive and Active Case Ascertainment System for Multiple Rare Conditions Simultaneously: The Experience in Three US States [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Owing to their low prevalence, single rare conditions are difficult to monitor through current state passive and active case ascertainment systems.
Mann, Joshua +6 more
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