TY - CHAP AU - Ahmed Elhussieny AU - Ken’ichiro Nogami AU - Fusako Sakai-Takemura AU - Yusuke Maruyama AU - AbdElraouf Omar Abdelbakey AU - Wael Abou El-kheir AU - Shin’ichi Takeda AU - Yuko Miyagoe-Suzuki ED - Gisela Gaina Y1 - 2020-07-17 PY - 2020 T1 - Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy N2 - Muscular Dystrophy - Research Update and Therapeutic Strategies is for students, researchers, and clinicians interested in muscular dystrophies who want to improve their knowledge of these complex genetic diseases. The book includes information about the genetics of various types of muscular dystrophies as well as explores new and current therapeutic strategies that aim to ameliorate symptoms and improve patients’ quality of life and life expectancy. In addition, this book reviews information on current clinical trials for muscular dystrophies and presents a framework for what to consider during the design of these trials. BT - Muscular Dystrophy SP - Ch. 5 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.92824 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.92824 SN - 978-1-83968-475-3 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-26 ER -