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Case Reports
. 1994 Jun;33(6):334-6.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.33.334.

Dystrophin-related protein in Becker muscular dystrophy

I Higuchi  1 , T Niiyama, H Fukunaga, K Nakamura, M Nakagawa, M Osame
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Case Reports

Dystrophin-related protein in Becker muscular dystrophy

I Higuchi et al. Intern Med. 1994 Jun.
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Abstract

A benign Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) patient with a marked decrease in dystrophin exhibited remarkable expression of dystrophin-related protein (DRP) on most of the muscle cell membrane. A phenotypic Duchenne muscular dystrophy patient with a truncated form of dystrophin exhibited no DRP expression on the muscle cell membrane except for the neuromuscular junction. Increased DRP expression might compensate for a lack of dystrophin in some BMD patients.

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