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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Nuclear envelope dystrophies show a transcriptional fingerprint suggesting disruption of Rb-MyoD pathways in muscle regeneration.
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Brain
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2006
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2.22
|
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2
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Assessment of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymatic activities on tissues and cultured cells.
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Nat Protoc
|
2012
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2.12
|
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3
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Large-scale population analysis challenges the current criteria for the molecular diagnosis of fascioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
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Am J Hum Genet
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2012
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1.88
|
|
4
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Identification of 45 novel mutations in the nebulin gene associated with autosomal recessive nemaline myopathy.
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Hum Mutat
|
2006
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1.61
|
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5
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Rippling muscle disease and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy-like phenotype in a patient carrying a heterozygous CAV3 T78M mutation and a D4Z4 partial deletion: Further evidence for "double trouble" overlapping syndromes.
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Neuromuscul Disord
|
2012
|
1.59
|
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6
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Phenotypic heterogeneity of the 8344A>G mtDNA "MERRF" mutation.
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Neurology
|
2013
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1.55
|
|
7
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Ultrastructural changes in LGMD1F.
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Neuropathology
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2012
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1.43
|
|
8
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Population frequency of myotonic dystrophy: higher than expected frequency of myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) mutation in Finland.
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Eur J Hum Genet
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2011
|
1.33
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9
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Gene expression profiling in dysferlinopathies using a dedicated muscle microarray.
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Hum Mol Genet
|
2002
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1.32
|
|
10
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Human skeletal muscle atrophy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis reveals a reduction in Akt and an increase in atrogin-1.
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FASEB J
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2006
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1.31
|
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11
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Investigating the mechanism of chromosomal deletion: characterization of 39 deletion breakpoints in introns 47 and 48 of the human dystrophin gene.
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Genomics
|
2002
|
1.30
|
|
12
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A novel deletion in the GTPase domain of OPA1 causes defects in mitochondrial morphology and distribution, but not in function.
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Hum Mol Genet
|
2008
|
1.20
|
|
13
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy: skeletal muscle pathology in male patients and heterozygous females.
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J Neurol Sci
|
2007
|
1.20
|
|
14
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Importance of SPP1 genotype as a covariate in clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Neurology
|
2012
|
1.17
|
|
15
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Muscular dystrophy with marked Dysferlin deficiency is consistently caused by primary dysferlin gene mutations.
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Eur J Hum Genet
|
2011
|
1.16
|
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16
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A standardized clinical evaluation of patients affected by facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: The FSHD clinical score.
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Muscle Nerve
|
2010
|
1.15
|
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17
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Overexpression of microRNA-206 in the skeletal muscle from myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients.
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J Transl Med
|
2010
|
1.13
|
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18
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The m.3243A>G mitochondrial DNA mutation and related phenotypes. A matter of gender?
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J Neurol
|
2013
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1.09
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19
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Myelo-optico-neuropathy in copper deficiency occurring after partial gastrectomy. Do small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome and occult zinc ingestion tip the balance?
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J Neurol
|
2007
|
1.07
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20
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MYH7 gene mutation in myosin storage myopathy and scapulo-peroneal myopathy.
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Neuromuscul Disord
|
2007
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1.07
|
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21
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Generalized lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 defect explains multisystem clinical involvement and allows leukocyte diagnostic screening in Danon disease.
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Am J Pathol
|
2006
|
1.07
|
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22
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Molecular pathology and enzyme processing in various phenotypes of acid maltase deficiency.
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Neurology
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2008
|
1.07
|
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23
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Motor function-muscle strength relationship in spinal muscular atrophy.
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Muscle Nerve
|
2004
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1.07
|
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24
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Next-generation sequencing identifies transportin 3 as the causative gene for LGMD1F.
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PLoS One
|
2013
|
1.07
|
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25
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Loss of calpain-3 autocatalytic activity in LGMD2A patients with normal protein expression.
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Am J Pathol
|
2003
|
1.05
|
|
26
|
The frequency of limb girdle muscular dystrophy 2A in northeastern Italy.
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Neuromuscul Disord
|
2005
|
1.05
|
|
27
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Large scale genotype-phenotype analyses indicate that novel prognostic tools are required for families with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
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Brain
|
2013
|
1.05
|
|
28
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Optimization of respiratory chain enzymatic assays in muscle for the diagnosis of mitochondrial disorders.
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Mitochondrion
|
2011
|
1.03
|
|
29
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Different atrophy-hypertrophy transcription pathways in muscles affected by severe and mild spinal muscular atrophy.
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BMC Med
|
2009
|
1.02
|
|
30
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Phenotype modulators in myophosphorylase deficiency.
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Ann Neurol
|
2003
|
1.02
|
|
31
|
Molecular and muscle pathology in a series of caveolinopathy patients.
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Hum Mutat
|
2005
|
1.02
|
|
32
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Decorin and biglycan expression is differentially altered in several muscular dystrophies.
|
Brain
|
2005
|
1.01
|
|
33
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Coenzyme Q10 is frequently reduced in muscle of patients with mitochondrial myopathy.
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Neuromuscul Disord
|
2009
|
1.01
|
|
34
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Muscle MRI findings in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy with calpain 3 deficiency (LGMD2A) and early contractures.
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Neuromuscul Disord
|
2004
|
0.99
|
|
35
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Integrin alpha 7 beta 1 in muscular dystrophy/myopathy of unknown etiology.
|
Am J Pathol
|
2002
|
0.98
|
|
36
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Role of gabapentin in spinal muscular atrophy: results of a multicenter, randomized Italian study.
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J Child Neurol
|
2003
|
0.98
|
|
37
|
Redefining phenotypes associated with mitochondrial DNA single deletion.
|
J Neurol
|
2015
|
0.98
|
|
38
|
Clinical and genetic characterization of Chanarin-Dorfman syndrome.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2008
|
0.97
|
|
39
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Telethon Network of Genetic Biobanks: a key service for diagnosis and research on rare diseases.
|
Orphanet J Rare Dis
|
2013
|
0.96
|
|
40
|
Clinical and molecular characterization of patients with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I.
|
Arch Neurol
|
2005
|
0.96
|
|
41
|
Dominant muscular dystrophy with a novel SYNE1 gene mutation.
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Muscle Nerve
|
2014
|
0.96
|
|
42
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Preferential central nucleation of type 2 myofibers is an invariable feature of myotonic dystrophy type 2.
|
Muscle Nerve
|
2008
|
0.93
|
|
43
|
TGFBR2 but not SPP1 genotype modulates osteopontin expression in Duchenne muscular dystrophy muscle.
|
J Pathol
|
2012
|
0.93
|
|
44
|
Risk prediction for clinical phenotype in myotonic dystrophy type 1: data from 2,650 patients.
|
Genet Test
|
2007
|
0.92
|
|
45
|
How to tackle the diagnosis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2A.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2008
|
0.91
|
|
46
|
The role of botulinum toxin injection and upper esophageal sphincter myotomy in treating oropharyngeal dysphagia.
|
J Gastrointest Surg
|
2004
|
0.90
|
|
47
|
Impaired autophagy contributes to muscle atrophy in glycogen storage disease type II patients.
|
Autophagy
|
2012
|
0.90
|
|
48
|
Recessive MYL2 mutations cause infantile type I muscle fibre disease and cardiomyopathy.
|
Brain
|
2013
|
0.90
|
|
49
|
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with ragged-red fibers.
|
Arch Neurol
|
2008
|
0.89
|
|
50
|
Gene expression analysis in myotonic dystrophy: indications for a common molecular pathogenic pathway in DM1 and DM2.
|
Gene Expr
|
2007
|
0.88
|
|
51
|
Psychopathological features and suicidal ideation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients.
|
Neurol Sci
|
2010
|
0.88
|
|
52
|
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and occurrence of heart arrhythmia.
|
Eur Neurol
|
2006
|
0.88
|
|
53
|
Muscle protein analysis in the detection of heterozygotes for recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and 2E.
|
Neuromuscul Disord
|
2006
|
0.88
|
|
54
|
Gender difference in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: a muscle fiber morphometric study in 101 patients.
|
Clin Neuropathol
|
2014
|
0.87
|
|
55
|
Familial polyglucosan body myopathy with unusual phenotype.
|
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol
|
2015
|
0.86
|
|
56
|
Calpain 3 is important for muscle regeneration: evidence from patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophies.
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BMC Musculoskelet Disord
|
2012
|
0.85
|
|
57
|
Alterations in Notch signalling in skeletal muscles from mdx and dko dystrophic mice and patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
|
Exp Physiol
|
2014
|
0.84
|
|
58
|
Pilot trial of clenbuterol in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
|
Neurology
|
2013
|
0.84
|
|
59
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Subacute sensory ataxia and optic neuropathy with thiamine deficiency.
|
Nat Rev Neurol
|
2010
|
0.84
|
|
60
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Sarcolemmal neuronal nitric oxide synthase defect in limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: an adverse modulating factor in the disease course?
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J Neuropathol Exp Neurol
|
2009
|
0.84
|
|
61
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Clinical and molecular characterization of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy due to LAMA2 mutations.
|
Muscle Nerve
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
62
|
Inhibition of proteasome activity promotes the correct localization of disease-causing alpha-sarcoglycan mutants in HEK-293 cells constitutively expressing beta-, gamma-, and delta-sarcoglycan.
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Am J Pathol
|
2008
|
0.84
|
|
63
|
Clinical and molecular cross-sectional study of a cohort of adult type III spinal muscular atrophy patients: clues from a biomarker study.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2012
|
0.83
|
|
64
|
Detection of HTLV-I tax-rex and pol gene sequences of thymus gland in a large group of patients with myasthenia gravis.
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J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
|
2002
|
0.83
|
|
65
|
Myoclonus in mitochondrial disorders.
|
Mov Disord
|
2014
|
0.82
|
|
66
|
Cardiomyopathy in patients with POMT1-related congenital and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2012
|
0.82
|
|
67
|
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a multicenter study on hearing function.
|
Audiol Neurootol
|
2007
|
0.82
|
|
68
|
Comparison of muscle ultrastructure in myasthenia gravis with anti-MuSK and anti-AChR antibodies.
|
J Neurol
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
69
|
Muscle histopathology in upper motor neuron-dominant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Amyotroph Lateral Scler
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
70
|
"I have got something positive out of this situation": psychological benefits of caregiving in relatives of young people with muscular dystrophy.
|
J Neurol
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
71
|
Genotype-phenotype correlation in Pompe disease, a step forward.
|
Orphanet J Rare Dis
|
2014
|
0.81
|
|
72
|
Enzyme replacement therapy improves respiratory outcomes in patients with late-onset type II glycogenosis and high ventilator dependency.
|
Lung
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
73
|
Natural history of upper motor neuron-dominant ALS.
|
Amyotroph Lateral Scler
|
2010
|
0.81
|
|
74
|
McArdle disease: the mutation spectrum of PYGM in a large Italian cohort.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
75
|
Genotype-phenotype correlations in a large series of patients with muscle type CPT II deficiency.
|
Neurol Res
|
2010
|
0.81
|
|
76
|
A pilot trial with clenbuterol in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
|
Amyotroph Lateral Scler
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
77
|
Prevalence of asymptomatic vertebral fractures in late-onset Pompe disease.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2014
|
0.81
|
|
78
|
Muscle atrophy, ubiquitin-proteasome, and autophagic pathways in dysferlinopathy.
|
Muscle Nerve
|
2014
|
0.80
|
|
79
|
A truncation in the RYR1 gene associated with central core lesions in skeletal muscle fibres.
|
J Med Genet
|
2007
|
0.80
|
|
80
|
Coordinated and reversible reduction of enzymes involved in terminal oxidative metabolism in skeletal muscle mitochondria from a riboflavin-responsive, multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency patient.
|
Electrophoresis
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
81
|
TDP-43 in skeletal muscle of patients affected with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
|
Amyotroph Lateral Scler
|
2010
|
0.80
|
|
82
|
Skeletal muscle satellite cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
|
Ultrastruct Pathol
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
83
|
Long-term follow-up results in enzyme replacement therapy for Pompe disease: a case report.
|
J Inherit Metab Dis
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
84
|
Childhood dermatomyositis associated with intracranial tumor and liver cysts.
|
Eur J Paediatr Neurol
|
2006
|
0.79
|
|
85
|
Expression profiling characterization of laminin alpha-2 positive MDC.
|
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
86
|
Biochemical and ultrastructural evidence of endoplasmic reticulum stress in LGMD2I.
|
Virchows Arch
|
2007
|
0.78
|
|
87
|
Decreased fatty acid beta-oxidation in riboflavin-responsive, multiple acylcoenzyme A dehydrogenase-deficient patients is associated with an increase in uncoupling protein-3.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2003
|
0.78
|
|
88
|
Comparative transcriptional and biochemical studies in muscle of myotonic dystrophies (DM1 and DM2).
|
Neurol Sci
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
89
|
Novel spastin mutations and their expression analysis in two Italian families.
|
Eur J Hum Genet
|
2003
|
0.78
|
|
90
|
Co-segregation of LMNA and PMP22 gene mutations in the same family.
|
Neuromuscul Disord
|
2005
|
0.78
|
|
91
|
Transcriptional and translational effects of intronic CAPN3 gene mutations.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2010
|
0.78
|
|
92
|
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of muscle differentiation and atrophy in ALS.
|
Clin Neuropathol
|
2015
|
0.78
|
|
93
|
Clinical and molecular study in congenital muscular dystrophy with partial laminin alpha 2 (LAMA2) deficiency.
|
Hum Mutat
|
2003
|
0.77
|
|
94
|
A novel out-of-frame mutation in the neurofilament light chain gene (NEFL) does not result in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E.
|
Neurogenetics
|
2005
|
0.77
|
|
95
|
Clinical phenotype, muscle MRI and muscle pathology of LGMD1F.
|
J Neurol
|
2013
|
0.77
|
|
96
|
Parkinson-like features in ALS with predominant upper motor neuron involvement.
|
Amyotroph Lateral Scler
|
2011
|
0.77
|
|
97
|
Targeting deregulated AMPK/mTORC1 pathways improves muscle function in myotonic dystrophy type I.
|
J Clin Invest
|
2017
|
0.76
|
|
98
|
Distinct disease phenotypes linked to different combinations of GAA mutations in a large late-onset GSDII sibship.
|
Orphanet J Rare Dis
|
2013
|
0.76
|
|
99
|
Effects of Functional Electrical Stimulation Lower Extremity Training in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I: A Pilot Controlled Study.
|
Am J Phys Med Rehabil
|
2016
|
0.75
|
|
100
|
Impaired copper and iron metabolism in blood cells and muscles of patients affected by copper deficiency myeloneuropathy.
|
Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
101
|
The role of ultrastructural examination in storage diseases.
|
Ultrastruct Pathol
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
102
|
Recent advances and current clinical perspectives in the diagnosis and treatment of glycogenosis type II.
|
Neurology
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
103
|
Disorders of lipid metabolism.
|
Handb Clin Neurol
|
2007
|
0.75
|