Massive NIH study tracks rare childhood muscle diseases

NCT ID NCT01568658

Summary

This study aims to better understand inherited nerve and muscle disorders that begin in childhood, like certain muscular dystrophies. Researchers will follow 9,300 participants—including patients, their family members, and healthy volunteers—over years to track how symptoms change and identify genetic causes. The goal is to gather information that could help design future treatments, but this study itself does not test any new therapies.

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Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

    RECRUITING

    Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

    Contact Phone: •••-•••-•••• Email: •••••@•••••

Conditions

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