Muscle wasting in myotonic dystrophies: a model of premature aging.

Muscle wasting in myotonic dystrophies: a model of premature aging.

Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1 or Steinert’s disease) and type II (DM2) are multisystem disorders of genetic origin. Progressive muscular weakness, atrophy and myotonia are the most prominent neuromuscular features of these diseases, and other clinical manifestations such as cardiomyopathy, insulin-...

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Main Authors: Alba Judith eMateos-Aierdi, María eGoicoechea Bianchi, Ana eAiastui, Roberto eFernández-Torrón, Mikel eGarcía-Puga, Ander eMatheu, Adolfo eLópez De Munain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aging
Myotonic Dystrophy
satellite cells
muscle wasting
Sarcopenia.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2015.00125/full

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