skeleton
• dorso-ventral curvature of the spine
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muscle
N |
• no clinical signs of severe dystrophy for up to 6 months
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• back and body wall musculature show changes similar to diaphragm but less uniformly and more focally distributed
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• muscle changes similar to diaphragm but less uniformly and more focally distributed
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• pronounced increase in collagen
• increase in mononuclear cells
• unusually small myotubes with very few centrally located nuclei
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• changes are not enhanced compared to Dmd mutants
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