Natural history of SMA IIIb: Muscle strength decreases in a predictable sequence and magnitude

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 644-649

  Deymeer, Feza ^a   Serdaroglu, Piraye ^a   Parman, Yesim ^a   Poda, Mehves ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY IIIB; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; ARM; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; INNERVATION; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOTONEURON; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 52449111208     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000324623.89105.c4     Document Type: Article

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