Assessing spinal muscular atrophy with quantitative ultrasound

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 526-531

  Wu, Jim S ^a   Darras, Basil T ^b   Rutkove, Seward B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUMINANCE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY TYPE 2; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY TYPE 3; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955449529     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181eccf8f     Document Type: Article

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