Gender differences in contractile and pa
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Chady H. Hakim; Dongsheng Duan
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Article
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2012
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract __Introduction__: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, muscleβwasting disease caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. The __mdx__ mouse is the first and perhaps the most commonly used animal model for study of DMD. Both male and female __mdx__ mice are used. However, it is