This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81671117), the Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation (No. BK20141439), and A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (No. JXC 10231802).
Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are common X-linked recessive neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in dystrophin gene. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction ...
OBJECTIVE: To study the changes of creatine kinase MM (CK-MM) isoforms in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. METHODS: Serum samples from 49 DMD patients and 40 control subjects were collected for CK-MM isofor...