Muscle MRI in Becker muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Tasca, Giorgio ^a   Iannaccone, Elisabetta ^b   Monforte, Mauro ^b   Masciullo, Marcella ^c   Bianco, Flaviana ^b   Laschena, Francesco ^d   Ottaviani, Pierfrancesco ^d   Pelliccioni, Marco ^e   Pane, Marika ^b   Mercuri, Eugenio ^b   Ricci, Enzo ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^e UILDM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Becker muscular dystrophy; Imaging pattern; Muscle MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOWER EXTREMITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866275802     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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