The status of exon skipping as a therapeutic approach to duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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Published in Mol Ther on October 26, 2010

Authors

Qi-Long Lu1, Toshifumi Yokota, Shin'ichi Takeda, Luis Garcia, Francesco Muntoni, Terence Partridge

Author Affiliations

1: McColl-Lockwood Laboratory for Muscular Dystrophy Research, Neuromuscular/ALS Center, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

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