Skeletal muscle involvement in myotonic dystrophy type 2. A comparative muscle ultrasound study

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 492-499

  Tieleman, A A ^a   Vinke, A ^a   van Alfen, N ^a,b   van Dijk, J P ^b   Pillen, S ^b   van Engelen, B G M ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Muscle ultrasound; Myotonic dystrophy type 1; Myotonic dystrophy type 2; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOTONIC DISORDERS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY;

EID: 84860558449     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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