Evaluation of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Function after Chronic Administration of Thymosin β-4 in the Dystrophin Deficient Mouse

Christopher F. Spurney; Hee-Jae Cha; Arpana Sali; Gouri S. Pandey; Emidio Pistilli; Alfredo D. Guerron; Heather Gordish-Dressman; Eric P. Hoffman; Kanneboyina Nagaraju

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008976

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Evaluation of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Function after Chronic Administration of Thymosin β-4 in the Dystrophin Deficient Mouse

Christopher F. Spurney,

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Hee-Jae Cha,

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Genetics, Kosin University College of Medicine, Amnam-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, South Korea
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Arpana Sali,

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Gouri S. Pandey,

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Emidio Pistilli,

Affiliation Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Alfredo D. Guerron,

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Heather Gordish-Dressman,

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Eric P. Hoffman,

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Kanneboyina Nagaraju

* E-mail: knagaraju@cnmcresearch.org

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
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Evaluation of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle Function after Chronic Administration of Thymosin β-4 in the Dystrophin Deficient Mouse

Christopher F. Spurney,
Hee-Jae Cha,
Arpana Sali,
Gouri S. Pandey,
Emidio Pistilli,
Alfredo D. Guerron,
Heather Gordish-Dressman,
Eric P. Hoffman,
Kanneboyina Nagaraju

Published: January 29, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008976

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