Complete fatty degeneration of lumbar erector spinae muscles caused by a primary dysferlinopathy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 410-414

  Seror, P ^a   Krahn, M ^b   Laforet, P ^c   Leturcq, F ^d   Maisonobe, T ^c  

^a Laboratoire d'Electromyographie   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Deep back muscles; Dysferlin; Electrodiagnosis; Erector spinae muscles; Fatty degeneration; Genetic analysis; Imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Molecular analysis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; DYSFERLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TYPE 2B; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATTY DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; SARCOGLYCANS;

EID: 39749105590     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20910     Document Type: Article

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