Novel approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 06:07
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr Christine Des Rosiers from the Universite de Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute, in collaboration with Dr Basil Petrof of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and Dr Christian Deschepper of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal...
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