MRI findings, patterns of disease distribution, and muscle fat fraction calculation in five patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 F disease

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 515-524

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Mileto, Achille ^a   Mazzeo, Anna ^a   Minutoli, Fabio ^a   Di Leo, Rita ^a   Settineri, Nicola ^a   Donato, Rocco ^a   Ascenti, Giorgio ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charcot Marie Tooth disease; GRE dual echo dual flip angle technique; Lower limbs; MRI; Muscle fat fraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITALY; LOWER LEG; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH; ADIPOSE TISSUE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HSP27 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; THIGH;

EID: 84863591434     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-011-1199-y     Document Type: Article

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