MEANS AND METHODS FOR TREATING FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY (FSHD)

The invention is related to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and in particular therapeutic means and methods for the treatment of the disease. In one aspect the invention provides a composition for use in the treatment of a subject that has FSHD which composition has a therapeutically e...

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Hauptverfasser:	LEMMERS, Richard Joannes Leonardus Franciscus, BALOG, Judit, TAPSCOTT, Stephen Justice, VAN DER MAAREL, Silvere Maria, TAWIL, Alrabi
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA ENZYMOLOGY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS SPIRITS VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention is related to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and in particular therapeutic means and methods for the treatment of the disease. In one aspect the invention provides a composition for use in the treatment of a subject that has FSHD which composition has a therapeutically effective amount of a substance which increases the level and/or activity of a protein encoded by a structural maintenance of chromosomes flexible hinge domain containing 1 (SMCHD1) gene in cells of the subject. The invention also provides means and methods for typing FSHD.