Calf enlargement in neuromuscular diseases: A quantitative ultrasound study in 350 patients and review of the literature

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 46-56

  Reimers, Carl D ^a,b   Schlotter, Beate ^a   Eicke, B Martin ^b   Witt, Thomas N ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calf hypertrophy; Neuromuscular disease; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0030296932     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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