Magnetic resonance imaging of skeletal muscle

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 595-599

  Koltzenburg, Martin ^a,b   Yousry, Tarek ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Channelopathy; Muscle wasting; Neurogenic changes of skeletal muscle; Topographical investigations

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

CELL FUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; SPIN LABELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHANNELOPATHIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 34648851350     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3282efc322     Document Type: Review

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