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. 2015 May 5;131(18):1590-8.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.015151.

Contemporary cardiac issues in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Working Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

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Contemporary cardiac issues in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Working Group of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute in collaboration with Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

Elizabeth M McNally et al. Circulation. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Circulation. 2015 Jun 23;131(25):e539. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000220. Circulation. 2015. PMID: 26099961 No abstract available.
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Keywords: cardiomyopathy; dystrophin; heart failure; magnetic resonance imaging; muscular dystrophy.

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