MRI findings of benign monomelic amyotrophy of lower limb

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 184-187

  Hamano, Tadanori ^a   Mutoh, Tatsuro ^a   Hirayama, Mikio ^a   Ito, Keita ^a   Kimura, Masumi ^a   Aita, Takashi ^a   Kiyosawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Ohtaki, Tetsuo ^a   Kuriyama, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benign monomelic amyotrophy of lower limb; Muscle MRI; Neurogenic change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEURAL CONDUCTION;

EID: 0033150397     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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