Mouse models for muscular dystrophies: an overview

• Main Authors: Maaike van Putten (Author), Erin M. Lloyd (Author), Jessica C. de Greef (Author), Vered Raz (Author), Raffaella Willmann (Author), Miranda D. Grounds (Author), Annemieke Aartsma-Rus (Author), James Dowling (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Company of Biologists, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Muscular dystrophies (MDs) encompass a wide variety of inherited disorders that are characterized by loss of muscle tissue associated with a progressive reduction in muscle function. With a cure lacking for MDs, preclinical developments of therapeutic approaches depend on well-characterized animal m...