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SUBMITTER: Kelley EF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6796481 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kelley Eli F EF Cross Troy J TJ Snyder Eric M EM McDonald Craig M CM Hoffman Eric P EP Bello Luca L
Respiratory research 20191016 1
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive neuromuscular disease resulting in severe respiratory derangements. As such, DMD patients are at a high risk of nocturnal hypoventilation, thereby requiring nocturnal ventilation (NV). To this end, NV is an important clinical milestone in the management of DMD. Emerging evidence suggests that ß<sub>2</sub> adrenergic receptors (ADRB2) may play a role in determining respiratory function, whereby more functional ADRB2 genotype variants (e.g., Gly1 ...[more]