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Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic neuromuscular disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness and degeneration due to defects in the proteins essential for muscle fiber integrity.

15.4K

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Muscular Dystrophies

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Dystrophin: The protein product of the duchenne muscular dystrophy locus

Eric P. Hoffman, Robert H. Brown, Louis M. Kunkel · Cell · 1987 · 4.7K citations

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Androgen receptor gene mutations in X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Albert R. La Spada, Elizabeth Wilson, Dennis B. Lubahn et al. · Nature · 1991 · 2.8K citations

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Molecular basis of myotonic dystrophy: Expansion of a trinucleotide (CTG) repeat at the 3′ end of a transcript encoding a protein kinase family member

J. David Brook, Mila E. McCurrach, H G Harley et al. · Cell · 1992 · 2.8K citations

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Muscle Regeneration by Bone Marrow-Derived Myogenic Progenitors

Giuliana Ferrari, Maria Gabriella Cusella De Angelis, De Angelis et al. · Science · 1998 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Complete cloning of the duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cDNA and preliminary genomic organization of the DMD gene in normal and affected individuals

Eric P. Hoffman, Corlee J. Bertelson, Anthony P. Monaco et al. · Cell · 1987 · 2.4K citations

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Authors

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    Volker Straub

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    203 publications · 21.1K citations

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    Kevin P. Campbell

    Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States

    151 publications · 25K citations

    80

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  3. EP
    Eric P. Hoffman

    Children's National, United States

    188 publications · 28.1K citations

    80

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    Louis M. Kunkel

    Harvard University, United States

    140 publications · 30.8K citations

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  5. EM
    Eugenio Mercuri

    Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy

    153 publications · 14.1K citations

    72

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Institutions

6.1K

  1. Inserm

    Paris, France

    127 h-index

    4.4K publications

    339.3K citations

  2. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    115 h-index

    950 publications

    180.9K citations

  3. Institut de Myologie

    Paris, France

    106 h-index

    2.1K publications

    176.4K citations

  4. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    104 h-index

    2.1K publications

    147.9K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    102 h-index

    2.6K publications

    195.6K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    100 h-index

    1K publications

    149.9K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    94 h-index

    1.7K publications

    136.9K citations

  8. National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry

    Tokyo, Japan

    90 h-index

    1.9K publications

    139.8K citations

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  1. Human Molecular Genetics

    608 publications · 55.7K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 183 publications · 28.4K citations

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  3. Neuromuscular Disorders

    1K publications · 49.6K citations

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  4. Neurology

    514 publications · 35.9K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 770 publications · 32.3K citations

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