Effect of levosimendan on the contractility of muscle fibers from nemaline myopathy patients with mutations in the nebulin gene

Skeletal Muscle

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  de Winter, Josine M ^a   Joureau, Barbara ^a   Sequeira, Vasco ^a   Clarke, Nigel F ^b   van der Velden, Jolanda ^a   Stienen, Ger J M ^a,c   Granzier, Henk ^d   Beggs, Alan H ^e   Ottenheijm, Coen A C ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitizer; Levosimendan; Muscle force; Muscle mechanics; Nebulin; Nemaline myopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928783670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20445040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13395-015-0037-7     Document Type: Article

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