Wheat kernel ingestion protects from progression of muscle weakness in mdx mice, an animal model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 444-449

  Hübner, Christoph ^a   Lehr, Hans Anton ^b,c   Bodlaj, Robert ^c   Finckh, Barbara ^d   Oexle, Konrad ^a   Marklund, Stefan Lars ^e   Freudenberg, Klaus ^f   Kontush, Anatol ^d   Speer, Astrid ^a   Terwolbeck, Klaus ^g   Voit, Thomas ^h   Kohlschütter, Alfried ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Firma Datenmühle   (Germany)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WHEAT; WOOD;

EID: 9444268639     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199609000-00013     Document Type: Article

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