Body composition determined with MR in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, spinal muscular atrophy, and normal subjects

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 737-744

  Leroy Willig, A ^a,c,d   Willig, T N ^a   Henry Feugeas, M C ^b   Frouin, V ^b   Marinier, E ^a,b   Boulier, A ^b   Barzic, F ^b   Schouman Claeys, E ^b   Syrota, A ^c  

^a Association Française Contre Les Myopathies   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Body composition; Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); MR; Neuromuscular disorders; Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY FAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0030987496     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00046-5     Document Type: Article

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