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Editorial
. 2006 Oct;77(10):1104-5.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.087874.

Predicting steroid response in muscle disease

N Nirmalananthan, M G Hanna
Editorial

Predicting steroid response in muscle disease

N Nirmalananthan et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Oct.

Abstract

Granulysin expression or glucocorticoid receptor polymorphisms may be factors underlying the variable steroid response in patients with myopathies

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Competing interests: None.

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