Impaired respiratory function in mdx and mdx/utrn+/- mice

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 263-267

  Huang, Ping ^a   Cheng, Georgiana ^a   Lu, Haiyan ^a   Aronica, Mark ^a   Ransohoff, Richard M ^a   Zhou, Lan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm fibrosis; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; mdx mice; Respiratory function; Whole body non invasive plethysmography

Indexed keywords

UTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; MYOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TIDAL VOLUME; WILD TYPE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UTROPHIN;

EID: 78751670433     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21848     Document Type: Article

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