Single muscle fiber contractile properties in adults with muscular dystrophy treated with MYO-029

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Krivickas, Lisa S ^a,b   Walsh, Ronan ^b   Amato, Anthony A ^b  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle physiology; Muscular dystrophy; Myosin; Myostatin; Single muscle fiber

Indexed keywords

MYO 029; MYOSTATIN; PLACEBO; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; MYOSTATIN; PLACEBOS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60549106515     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21200     Document Type: Article

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