Quantitative Muscle MRI and Clinical Findings in Women With Pathogenic Dystrophin Gene Variants

Quantitative Muscle MRI and Clinical Findings in Women With Pathogenic Dystrophin Gene Variants

Objective: To explore fat replacement, muscle strength, and clinical features in women heterozygous for a pathogenic DMD variant, we prospectively examined 53 women, assuming that some of these women—despite of the recessive X-linked inheritance—manifested clinical symptoms.Methods: We performed a c...

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Main Authors: Freja Fornander, Tuva Åsatun Solheim, Anne-Sofie Vibæk Eisum, Nanna Scharff Poulsen, Annarita Ghosh Andersen, Julia Rebecka Dahlqvist, Morten Dunø, John Vissing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
dystrophinopathy
female carriers
Dixon MRI
muscle fat infiltration
dynamometry
muscle strength
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.707837/full

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