Myocardial inflammation in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy as a precipitating factor for heart failure: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: In patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), the absent or diminished dystrophin leads to progressive skeletal muscle and heart failure. We evaluated the role of myocardial inflammation as a precipitating factor in the development of heart failure in DMD. METHODS: 20 DMD patients...

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Autores principales: Mavrogeni, Sophie, Papavasiliou, Antigoni, Spargias, Kostas, Constandoulakis, Pantelis, Papadopoulos, George, Karanasios, Evangelos, Georgakopoulos, Dimitris, Kolovou, Genovefa, Demerouti, Eftichia, Polymeros, Spyridon, Kaklamanis, Loukas, Magoutas, Anastasios, Papadopoulou, Evangelia, Markussis, Vyron, Cokkinos, Dennis V
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20492678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-33

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20492678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-10-33

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