Muscle magnetic resonance imaging shows distinct diagnostic patterns in Welander and tibial muscular dystrophy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-93

  Mahjneh, I ^a,b   Lamminen, A E ^c   Udd, B ^d,e   Paetau, A E ^c   Hackman, P ^c   Korhola, O A ^c   Somer, H V K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Pietarsaari Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Distal myopathy; Muscle magnetic resonance imaging; Tibial muscular dystrophy; Welander distal myopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISTAL MYOPATHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HIP; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 3843124356     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2004.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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