Quantitative muscle ultrasound in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A comparison of techniques

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-213

  Shklyar, Irina ^a   Geisbush, Tom R ^a   Mijialovic, Aleksandar S ^a   Pasternak, Amy ^a   Darras, Basil T ^a   Wu, Jim S ^b   Rutkove, Seward B ^a   Zaidman, Craig M ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Muscle; Myopathy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84920883627     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24296     Document Type: Article

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