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Recent Articles about LGMD

2012 AAN Meeting: Limb-Girdle MD, Distal MD Briefs [5/9/12]
MDA 2012 Conference Report: Genetics and Immunology Update [3/19/12]
Podcast Describes Results of LGMD2C Gene Therapy Trial [3/14/12]
MDA Genetic Counseling Webinar Answers Key Questions [2/28/12]
Muscle Health Grant Awarded to Chris Weihl, Winter 2012 [2/01/12]
LGMD Grant Awarded to Jeffrey Miller, Winter 2012 [2/01/12]
LGMD Grant Awarded to Robert Bloch, Winter 2012 [2/01/12]
MDA Commits $12 Million to Neuromuscular Disease Research [2/01/12]
CoQ10, Lisinopril Studied in DMD, BMD, LGMD2C-2F, LGMD2I [11/15/11]
Jerry Mendell's Research Team Receives Award [10/17/11]
MDA Awards $13.7 Million in Research Grants [8/22/11]
Global CMD1C/LGMD2I Registry Opens [8/19/11]
Research Briefs: FA, MG, MM, MMD1, gene therapy [7/7/11]
Research Briefs: Stem Cells [6/13/11]
Researchers Exploring Disability Perceptions [6/1/11]
Research Briefs: BMD, DMD, EDMD, FA, LGMD, OPMD, Pompe disease, SMA [5/16/11]
AAN Research Briefs on DM, DMD, LGMD, MG, MMD, SMA [4/20/11]
Research Briefs: CMT, IBM, LGMD, MTM/CNM, Pompe disease [3/31/11]
MDA Conference Brings Together Researchers, Clinicians, Industry [3/18/11]
Research Briefs: CMS, DMD, LGMD, Pompe, stem cells [2/25/11]
MDA Awards $13.5 Million in Research Grants [2/4/11]
Muscle Disease Quality-of-Life Study Seeks Participants [1/27/11]
Biobank Collecting Blood Samples for Neuromuscular Disease Research [12/16/10]
Encouraging Results in LGMD Gene Therapy Trial [10/29/10]
NIH Continues Funding for MD Research [9/30/10]
Advocacy a Focus for New Ms. Wheelchair America with LGMD [9/23/10]
Deshae Lott Scholarships Awarded [9/17/10]
Race, Cardiomyopathy Shorten Life Span in MD [9/17/10]
Study Seeks People With Uncertain MD Diagnoses [8/27/10]
MDA Awards More Than $14 Million in Research Grants[8/18/10]
Biker with LGMD Creates His Own Accessible Motorcycle [7/22/10]
Clothing Designers with MD: Striving for Sartorial Excellence [6/25/10]
New Funding for Imaging Studies [5/17/10]
A Beach Park for EveryBODY [5/12/10]
Luring Away Myostatin Can Boost Muscle Size [4/16/10]
Gentamicin Trial in DMD Shows Mixed Results [3/23/10]
Building New Muscle Requires Controlled Damage [2/23/10]
Causative Gene Mutations ID'd for Two Muscle Diseases [2/18/10]
New Muscle Stem Cell Found in Mice [2/9/10]
MDA Awards $21 Million for Research [1/6/10]
New Grant For LGMD2D Gene Therapy [12/23/09]
MD Research: Gene Modifies Severity of LGMD2C [11/19/09]
Muscle Disease Research: Follistatin Genes Strengthen Muscles in Monkeys [11/12/09]
Study of Couples Considering PGD Seeks Participants [7/22/09]
MD Research: Three-Protein Repair Cluster Identified [6/19/09]
MD Research: WNT7a Boosts Muscle Repair [6/12/09]