Anti‐TNFα (Remicade®) therapy protects dystrophic skeletal muscle from necrosis
Open Access
- 20 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 18 (6) , 676-682
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-1024com
Abstract
Necrosis of skeletal muscle fibers in the lethal childhood myopathy Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) results from defects in the cell membrane-associated protein dystrophin. This study tests the nov...Keywords
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