Evidence of Insulin Resistance and Other Metabolic Alterations in Boys with Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Evidence of Insulin Resistance and Other Metabolic Alterations in Boys with Duchenne or Becker Muscular Dystrophy

Aim. Our aim was (1) to determine the frequency of insulin resistance (IR) in patients with Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD), (2) to identify deleted exons of DMD gene associated with obesity and IR, and (3) to explore some likely molecular mechanisms leading to IR. Materials and Methods...

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Main Authors: Maricela Rodríguez-Cruz, Raúl Sanchez, Rosa E. Escobar, Oriana del Rocío Cruz-Guzmán, Mardia López-Alarcón, Mariela Bernabe García, Ramón Coral-Vázquez, Guadalupe Matute, Ana Claudia Velázquez Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Endocrinology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/867273
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