Analysis of fatty infiltration and inflammation of the pelvic and thigh muscles in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD): Grading of disease involvement on MR imaging and correlation with clinical assessments

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1327-1335

  Kim, Hee Kyung ^a   Merrow, Arnold C ^a   Shiraj, Sahar ^a   Wong, Brenda L ^a   Horn, Paul S ^a,b   Laor, Tal ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; MRI; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS MUSCLE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EDEMA; FAT INFILTRATION; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ILIACUS MUSCLE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PELVIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARTORIUS MUSCLE; SCHOOL CHILD; TENSOR FASCIA LATA MUSCLE; THIGH; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDEMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; MYOSITIS; PELVIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885426349     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2696-z     Document Type: Article

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