Evaluation of skeletal and cardiac muscle function after chronic administration of thymosin beta-4 in the dystrophin deficient mouse.

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Published in PLoS One on January 29, 2010

Authors

Christopher F Spurney1, Hee-Jae Cha, Arpana Sali, Gouri S Pandey, Emidio Pistilli, Alfredo D Guerron, Heather Gordish-Dressman, Eric P Hoffman, Kanneboyina Nagaraju

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America.

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