Muscle imaging in clinical practice: Diagnostic value of muscle magnetic resonance imaging in inherited neuromuscular disorders

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 526-537

  Mercuri, Eugenio ^a,b   Jungbluth, Heinz ^a,c   Muntoni, Francesco ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dystrophies; Genetic; Imaging; Muscle magnetic resonance imaging; Myopathies

Indexed keywords

BETHLEM MYOPATHY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

EID: 26944484790     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000183947.01362.fe     Document Type: Review

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