Use of imaging biomarkers to assess perfusion and glucose metabolism in the skeletal muscle of dystrophic mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe neuromuscular disease that affects 1 in 3500 boys. The disease is characterized by progressive muscle degeneration that results from mutations in or loss of the cytoskeletal protein, dyst...

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Main Authors: Hadway Jennifer, Grange Robert, Welch Ian, Ahmad Nabeel, Dhanvantari Savita, Hill David, Lee Ting-Yim, Hoffman Lisa M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/12/127