| Literature DB >> 79868 |
B T Adornato, L J Kagen, W K Engel.
Abstract
Myoglobinaemia was detected in 14 of 18 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (D.M.D.) with a sensitive specific complement-fixation assay. Myoglobinaemia was also detected in 10 of 16 known D.M.D. carriers, including 4 with normal serum-creatine-phosphokinase activity. 9 of 27 possible carriers also had myoglobinaemia. It is suggested that this assay is a useful adjunct to present methods of carrier detection in D.M.D.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 79868 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(78)92221-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321