Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Description
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease characterized by rapidly progressive muscle weakness and wasting due to degeneration of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle.
Genes related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- TGFB1
- DMD
- POSTN
- LTBP4
- CCL2
- MIR3915
- MIR548F5
- CD4
Clinical Features
Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- Intellectual disability
- Global developmental delay
- Generalized hypotonia
- Scoliosis
- Muscle weakness
- Muscular hypotonia
- Pain
- Cognitive impairment
- Flexion contracture
- Delayed speech and language development
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Incidence and onset information
— Based on the latest data available DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY have a estimated birth prevalence of 15.1 per 100k worldwide.— No data available about the known clinical features onset.
Alternative names
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Is also known as dmd, duchenne muscular dystrophy, severe dystrophinopathy, duchenne type, muscular dystrophy, pseudohypertrophic progressive, duchenne type.
Researches and researchers
Doctors, researchs, and experts related to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy extracted from public data.
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Experts map
Current Researchs and researchers
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Investigator of research project
WIEN — Pr Karlheinz HILBER
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Institution/s:
— Medizinische Universität Wien -
Research area/topic::
Cardiac calcium channel abnormalities in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Investigator of research project
— Dr Toshifumi YOKOTA
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Institution/s:
— University of Alberta -
Research area/topic::
Targeted delivery of antisense-mediated exon skipping therapy in transgenic pig model of DMD
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Investigator of research project
MONTRÉAL — Dr Christian BEAUSÉJOUR
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Institution/s:
— Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine -
Research area/topic::
An autologous cell therapy approach to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy using engineered muscle tissue derived from induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Investigator of research project
MONTRÉAL — Dr Basil J PETROF
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Institution/s:
— McGill University, Meakins-Christie Laboratories -
Research area/topic::
Strategies for therapy of respiratory muscle failure in muscular dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
OTTAWA — Dr Michael A RUDNICKI
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Institution/s:
— Ottawa Hospital Research Institute -
Research area/topic::
Genetic Regulation of Myogenesis
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Investigator of research project
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Dr Bernanrd J JASMIN
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Institution/s:
— University of Ottawa -
Research area/topic::
Post-transcriptional Regulation of Utrophin in Skeletal Muscle: Implications for New Therapeutic Strategies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project - Sponsor of clinical trial
QUÉBEC — Pr Jacques P. TREMBLAY
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Institution/s:
— Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, CHUQ - (CHUL) Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval
— Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, CHUQ - (CHUL) Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval -
Research area/topic::
Can laminin-111 be used to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy alone or in combination with myoblast transplantation?
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Investigator of research project
TORONTO — Pr Marc D GRYNPAS
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Institution/s:
— Mount Sinai Hospital -
Research area/topic::
Growth arrest and osteoporosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients treated with glucocorticoids
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
GIF-SUR-YVETTE — Dr Olivier NAMY
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Institution/s:
— I2BC - UMR 9198, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC) -
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Rescue_ribosome : Rescue Pathways for unrecycled ribosomes - FR
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
NANTES — Dr Oumeya ADJALI
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Institution/s:
— Université de Nantes -
Research area/topic::
TOLGEN: In vivo AAV-based gene transfer to the muscle: Deciphering host immune responses - FR
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Investigator of research project
NANTES — Pr Philippe MOULLIER
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Institution/s:
— Université de Nantes -
Research area/topic::
Pre-clinical and clinical development of AAV-mediated microdystrophin delivery for gene therapy of DMD
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Investigator of research project
ORSAY — Dr Cyrille VAILLEND
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Institution/s:
— UMR 9197, CNRS Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Sud -
Research area/topic::
Dystrophins In The Nervous System: From Neurophysiology to Molecular Therapy
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Institution/s:
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Responsible for diagnostic tests - Investigator of research project
PARIS — Dr Juliette NECTOUX
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Institution/s:
— CHU Paris Centre - Hôpital Cochin, Site Cochin -
Research area/topic::
Implementation of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of rare and severe monogenic diseases
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Coordinator of research network
PARIS — Mr David SASSOON
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Institution/s:
— Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 -
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ENDOSTEM: Activation of vasculature associated stem cells and muscle stem cells for the repair and maintenance of muscle tissue
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Investigator of research project
PARIS — Dr Fabien LE GRAND
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Institution/s:
— Institut Cochin (INSERM U 1016 - CNRS UMR 8104 - Paris Descartes UMR-S1016) -
Research area/topic::
SIRD: Stimulating Intrinsic Repair for DMD - FR
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Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Investigator of research project
BERLIN — Dr Arpad VON MOERS
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Institution/s:
— DRK Kliniken Berlin Westend -
Research area/topic::
TAMDMD : Tamoxifen in Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a randomised placebo controlled phase 2 trial -DE-
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Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Investigator of research project
ERLANGEN — Pr Regina TROLLMANN
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Institution/s:
— ZSEER - Zentrum für Seltene Erkrankungen Erlangen -
Research area/topic::
Progression study on the characterization of skeletal muscles by magnetic resonance imaging in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Responsible for diagnostic tests - Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Manager of technological platform - Coordinator of research
FREIBURG — Pr Janbernd KIRSCHNER
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Institution/s:
— Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
— Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Freiburg
— Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Freiburg
— Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin Freiburg -
Research area/topic::
PRO-DMD-01: A prospective natural history study of progression of physical impairment, activity limitation and quality of life in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Coordinator of expert centre - Responsible for diagnostic tests - Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network - Director of laboratory
FERRARA — Pr Alessandra FERLINI
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Institution/s:
— Dipartimento di Riproduzione e Accrescimento, A.O.U. di Ferrara - Polo Chimico-Bio-Medico -
Research area/topic::
BIO-NMD: identifying and validating pre-clinical biomarkers for diagnostics and therapeutics of neuromuscular disorders
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
FIRENZE — Pr Cecilia FERRANTINI
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Institution/s:
— Università degli studi di Firenze, Università degli studi di Firenze-Dip. di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica -
Research area/topic::
A novel in vitro Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy cardiomyopathy model: human iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes for mechanistic studies
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Investigator of research project
MILANO — Pr Alessandra PEDROCCHI
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Institution/s:
— Politecnico di Milano -
Research area/topic::
USEFUL: Sistema assistivo centrato sull'utente per il supporto delle funzioni del braccio in soggetti affetti da patologie neuromoscolari
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Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
MILANO — Pr Giulio COSSU
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Institution/s:
— Divisione di Medicina Rigenerativa, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele -
Research area/topic::
OptiStem: Optimisation of stem cell therapy for clinical trials of degenerative skin and muscle diseases (TERMINATED)
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Coordinator of expert centre - Investigator of research project - Manager of registry
MILANO — Dr Maria Luisa BIANCHI
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Institution/s:
— Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Riabilitative ad indirizzo Endocrino-Metabolico, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano - Ospedale San Michele -
Research area/topic::
Evaluation of bone turnover, bone metabolism, bone density, and fractures in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and possible side effects of long-term corticosteroid therapy (BON-DMD)
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Investigator of research project
PADOVA — Pr Paolo BONALDO
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Institution/s:
— Università degli Studi di Padova- Polo A.Vallisneri -
Research area/topic::
BIO-NMD: biomarker discovery and validation on animal models (WP5)
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Investigator of research project
PADOVA — Dr Paola BRAGHETTA
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Institution/s:
— Università degli Studi di Padova- Polo A.Vallisneri -
Research area/topic::
Pre-clinical evaluation of biocompatible nanoparticles as delivery system of 20-methyl-phosphorothioate antisense oligoribonucleotides for exon skippin- mediated dystrophin in restoration
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Investigator of research project
PADOVA — Dr Stefano SCHIAFFINO
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Institution/s:
— Università degli Studi di Padova- Polo A.Vallisneri -
Research area/topic::
MYORES: Multi-organismic approach to study normal and aberrant muscle development, function and repair
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Coordinator of expert centre - Responsible for diagnostic tests - Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Contact person of registry - Coordinator of multinational clinical trial - Director of laboratory
ROMA — Pr Enrico S. BERTINI
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Institution/s:
— Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Neuroriabilitazione, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - SEDE SAN PAOLO
— IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù - SEDE GIANICOLO -
Research area/topic::
Assessment of upper limb function in non-ambulatory patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Manager of registry
ROMA — Dr Eugenio MERCURI
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Institution/s:
— Policlinico Universitario "A. Gemelli" -
Research area/topic::
Long term natural history in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
ROMA — Pr BOZZONI IRENE
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Institution/s:
— Sapienza Università di Roma -
Research area/topic::
RNA-based studies of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: post-transcriptional control and role of non coding RNAs in normal and dystrophic muscle development
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
ROMA — Dr Viviana MORESI
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Institution/s:
— Sapienza Università di Roma - Sezione di Ricerca "Valdoni Lab" -
Research area/topic::
Role of HDAC4 in muscular dystrophy and regeneration
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Investigator of research project
ROMA — Pr MARIKA PANE
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Institution/s:
— Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore -
Research area/topic::
Assessment of upper limb function in non ambulant Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
TREVISO — Dr Paolo DE COPPI
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Institution/s:
— Azienda ULSS 9 - Ospedale di Treviso -
Research area/topic::
Cell therapy for muscle dystrophies: delivery of myogenic precursor cells and amniotic stem cells via polymeric scaffolds
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Investigator of research project
LEIDEN — Dr P.A.C. [Peter-Bram] 'T HOEN
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Institution/s:
— LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum -
Research area/topic::
BIO-NMD: exploratory biomarker validation in humans (WP4)
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Investigator of research project
LEIDEN — Pr G.J.B. [GertJan] VAN OMMEN
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Institution/s:
— LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum -
Research area/topic::
Antisense therapy for several major rare diseases
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Investigator of research project
LEIDEN — Pr E. [Bert] BAKKER
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Institution/s:
— Afdeling Klinische Genetica, LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum -
Research area/topic::
Do women from families with a Duchenne patient know that they can be a carrier and are possibly at risk for having a son with Duchenne musclular dystrophy?
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Institution/s:
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Clinical expert - Investigator of research project - Director of department
LEIDEN — Pr M.H. [Martijn] BREUNING
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Institution/s:
— Afdeling Klinische Genetica, LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
— LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
— LUMC - Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum -
Research area/topic::
Do women from families with a Duchenne patient know that they can be a carrier and are possibly at risk for having a son with Duchenne musclular dystrophy?
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Institution/s:
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Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project
NIJMEGEN — Dr I.J.M [Imelda] DE GROOT
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Institution/s:
— Radboudumc - Oost -
Research area/topic::
Development of an exoskeleton for the arms for boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Investigator of research project
BARAKALDO — Dr Virginia ARECHAVALA GOMEZA
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Institution/s:
— Instituto de Investigación sanitaria BioCruces -
Research area/topic::
QUADRES: QUAntification of Dystrophin Restoration by Exon Skippping
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Investigator of research project
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA — Dr Jesús PÉREZ CAMIÑA
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Institution/s:
— IDIS - Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela -
Research area/topic::
Regenerative potential of the obestatin/GPR39 system on the treatment of pathologies characterized by muscle atrophy
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Clinical expert - Coordinator of research network
BASEL — Pr Dirk FISCHER
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Institution/s:
— University of Basel Children's Hospital
— Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel UKBB -
Research area/topic::
TAMDMD : Tamoxifen in Duchenne muscular dystrophy - a randomised placebo controlled phase 2 trial
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
EDINBURGH — Ms Claire L WOOD
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Institution/s:
— University of Edinburgh -
Research area/topic::
Characterisation of skeletal development and the use of anabolic agents in murine models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
EGHAM — Pr George DICKSON
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Institution/s:
— Royal Holloway, University of London -
Research area/topic::
Enhancing the Therapeutic Functionality of Adeno-associated Virus (AAV) Vectors Encoding Dystrophin for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
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Institution/s:
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Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Investigator of research project - Contact person of registry
GLASGOW — Pr Faisal S AHMED
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Institution/s:
— University of Glasgow, Royal Hospital For Children, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
— RHC & QEUH Campus, Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Health Board, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus
— RHC & QEUH Campus, Greater Glasgow & Clyde NHS Health Board, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus
— South Glasgow University Hospital, Royal Hospital For Children, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
— University of Glasgow, Kelvin Building -
Research area/topic::
Secondary Osteoporosis and Its Therapy in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (ScOT-DMD)
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Coordinator of expert centre - Principal investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of clinical trial - Investigator of research project - Manager of registry - Coordinator of expert centre network - Coordinator of research network
LONDON — Pr Francesco MUNTONI
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Institution/s:
— UCL Institute of Child Health, University College London
— Department of Paediatrics, Hammersmith Hospital -
Research area/topic::
Advances in oligonucleotide-mediated exonskipping for DMD and related disorders - WP3 - Natural history extension
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Investigator of research project
LONDON — Ms Emma PENDLETON
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Institution/s:
— University College London Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust -
Research area/topic::
Neuromuscular Rare Disease Translational Research in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE — Pr Olav VELDHUIZEN
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Institution/s:
— Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust -
Research area/topic::
BIOIMAGE-Neuromuscular Diseases
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Investigator of research project
OXFORD — Pr Kay E DAVIES
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Institution/s:
— Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics, Le Gros Clark Building - University of Oxford
— University of Oxford -
Research area/topic::
MICA: The role of utrophin in DMD and its therapeutic potential
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Institution/s:
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Investigator of research project
OXFORD — Pr Matthew J WOOD
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Institution/s:
— Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Le Gros Clark Building - University of Oxford
— University of Oxford -
Research area/topic::
Antisense nucleic acid splice correction therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and related disorders
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Investigator of research project
SHEFFIELD — Pr Steve WINDER
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Institution/s:
— Firth Court, University of Sheffield -
Research area/topic::
Regulation of dystroglycan function and its implications in Duchenne Muscular Distrophy
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