Quantitative assessment of calf circumference in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 639-642

  Beenakker, E A C ^a   De Vries, J ^a   Fock, J M ^a   Van Tol, M ^a   Brouwer, O F ^a   Maurits, N M ^a   Van der Hoeven, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calf circumference; Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 0036789584     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8966(02)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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