Computed tomographic study of the skeletal musculature of the lower body in 45 postpolio patients

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 540-542

  Ivanyi, Barbara ^a   Redekop, William ^b   De Jongh, Rob ^b   De Visser, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute paralytic poliomyelitieis; Manual muscle testing; Muscle computed tomography; Postpolio syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031917597     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199804)21:4<540::AID-MUS16>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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