Quantitative ultrasonography of skeletal muscles in children: Normal values

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 693-698

  Scholten, R R ^a   Pillen, S ^a   Verrips, A ^a   Zwarts, M J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Echo intensity; Muscle thickness; Skeletal muscle; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ARM; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037565113     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10384     Document Type: Article

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