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SUBMITTER: Barp A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5700122 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barp Andrea A Bello Luca L Caumo Luca L Campadello Paola P Semplicini Claudio C Lazzarotto Annalisa A Sorarù Gianni G Calore Chiara C Rampado Alessandro A Motta Raffaella R Stramare Roberto R Pegoraro Elena E
Scientific reports 20171122 1
Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is a neuromuscular disorder allelic to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), caused by in-frame mutations in the dystrophin gene, and characterized by a clinical progression that is both milder and more heterogeneous than DMD. Muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been proposed as biomarker of disease progression in dystrophinopathies. Correlation with clinically meaningful outcome measures such as North Star Ambulatory Assessment (NSAA) and 6 minute walk test ...[more]