Muscle magnetic resonance imaging involvement in muscular dystrophies with rigidity of the spine

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-208

  Mercuri, Eugenio ^a,b   Clements, Emma ^a   Offiah, Amaka ^c   Pichiecchio, Anna ^d   Vasco, Gessica ^b   Bianco, Flaviana ^b   Berardinelli, Angela ^d   Manzur, Adnan ^a   Pane, Marika ^b   Messina, Sonia ^b,e   Gualandi, Francesca ^f   Ricci, Enzo ^b   Rutherford, Mary ^g   Muntoni, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Institute of Radiology Department   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERY DREIFUSS MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLAGEN TYPE XI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SELENOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949393294     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21846     Document Type: Article

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