Calf muscle involvement in Becker muscular dystrophy: When size does not matter

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 347, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 301-304

  Monforte, Mauro ^a   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   Laschena, Francesco ^b   Ricci, Enzo ^a   Tasca, Giorgio ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECKER MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; CALF MRI SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEGREE OF FATTY REPLACEMENT; DIGITAL IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG MUSCLE; LOWER LEG POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT MUSCLE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEG; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920190740     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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