1. Muscle histology vs MRI in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Author
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Kinali, M, Arechavala Gomeza, V, Cirak, S, Glover, A, Guglieri, M, Feng, L, Hollingsworth, Kg, Hunt, D, Jungbluth, H, Roper, Hp, Quinlivan, Rm, Gosalakkal, Ja, Jayawant, S, Nadeau, A, Hughes Carre, L, Manzur, Ay, Mercuri, Eugenio Maria, Morgan, Je, Straub, V, Bushby, K, Sewry, C, Rutherford, M, Muntoni, F., Mercuri, Eugenio Maria (ORCID:0000-0002-9851-5365), Kinali, M, Arechavala Gomeza, V, Cirak, S, Glover, A, Guglieri, M, Feng, L, Hollingsworth, Kg, Hunt, D, Jungbluth, H, Roper, Hp, Quinlivan, Rm, Gosalakkal, Ja, Jayawant, S, Nadeau, A, Hughes Carre, L, Manzur, Ay, Mercuri, Eugenio Maria, Morgan, Je, Straub, V, Bushby, K, Sewry, C, Rutherford, M, Muntoni, F., and Mercuri, Eugenio Maria (ORCID:0000-0002-9851-5365)
- Abstract
There are currently no effective treatments to halt the muscle breakdown in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), although genetic-based clinical trials are being piloted. Most of these trials have as an endpoint the restoration of dystrophin in muscle fibers, hence requiring sufficiently well-preserved muscle of recruited patients. The choice of the muscles to be studied and the role of noninvasive methods to assess muscle preservation therefore require further evaluation.
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- 2011