Muscle ultrasound measurements and functional muscle parameters in non-dystrophic myotonias suggest structural muscle changes

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 462-467

  Trip, J ^a,b   Pillen, S ^b   Faber, C G ^a   van Engelen, B G M ^b   Zwarts, M J ^b   Drost, G ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chloride channelopathies; Muscle ultrasound; Non dystrophic myotonias; Sodium channelopathies; Structural muscle changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MYOTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THOMSEN DISEASE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM; CHANNELOPATHIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649641774     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2009.06.369     Document Type: Article

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