Muscular Dystrophy Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Muscular Dystrophy, including details on duchenne muscular dystrophy, symptoms, treatment.

Volume 1 (2005), Issue 4 (April)

1. Resting energy expenditure in Duchenne patients using home mechanical ventilation.
   Eur Respir J, 25(4): 682-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. An unusual family with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
   Eur J Neurol, 12(5): 388-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Relationship between peak cough flow and spirometry in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 39(5): 457-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Expression profiling with progression of dystrophic change in dysferlin-deficient mice (SJL).
   Neurosci Res, 52(1): 47-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Use of step activity monitoring for continuous physical activity assessment in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
   Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 86(4): 802-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Phenotypic variability in a Chinese family with rimmed vacuolar distal myopathy.
   J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(5): 752-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Congenital muscular dystrophy with glycosylation defects of alpha-dystroglycan in Japan.
   Neuromuscul Disord, 15(5): 342-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. A rapid PCR method for genotyping the Large(myd) mouse, a model of glycosylation-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy.
   Neuromuscul Disord, 15(5): 331-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Increased mRNA expression of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 and -2 in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
   Acta Neuropathol (Berl), 109(3): 285-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Analysis of dystrophin gene deletions indicates that the hinge III region of the protein correlates with disease severity.
    Ann Hum Genet, 69: 253-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Cytoplasmic and nuclear retained DMPK mRNAs are targets for RNA interference in myotonic dystrophy cells.
    J Biol Chem, 280(17): 16949-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Human muscle gene expression responses to endurance training provide a novel perspective on Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    FASEB J, 19(7): 750-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1A in northwestern Tuscany: a molecular genetics-based epidemiological and genotype-phenotype study.
    Genet Test, 9(1): 30-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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