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muscle degeneration

  • Clostridium tetani
    In muscle disease: The muscular dystrophies

    …lack of a protein called dystrophin, which causes a disruption of the membrane covering the muscle fibre; the results are the entry of excess amounts of calcium ions into the cell and cell degeneration. Treatment with glucocorticoid medications, specifically prednisone, may delay progression of the disease.

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