Measuring dystrophin—faster is not necessarily better
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A Research Highlight in the February issue (A novel imaging method to quantify low levels )1 presented of dystrophin in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Nat. Rev. Neurol. 8, 120; 2012 findings on a new method for rapid dystrophin quantification in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)2. Although of interest, we believe that caution is required in the interpretation of dystrophin measurements obtained using this new technique.
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