Duchenne muscular dystrophy diagnosis using fibroblast-derived myotube cells

Pediatr Int. 2022 Jan;64(1):e15151. doi: 10.1111/ped.15151.

Authors

Yuki Okada^{1

2}, Michinori Funato¹, Shin'ichi Takeda³, Hideo Kaneko^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, National Hospital Organization Nagara Medical Center, Gifu, Japan.
² Department of Pediatric Medical Care, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, Gifu, Japan.
³ Department of Molecular Therapy, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Japan.

PMID: 35616164
DOI: 10.1111/ped.15151

No abstract available

Keywords: Becker muscular dystrophy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; dystrophin protein; fibroblast cells; nonsense mutation.

MeSH terms

Exons
Fibroblasts
Humans
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne* / diagnosis
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne* / genetics