Benefits of glucocorticoids in non-ambulant boys/men with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A multicentric longitudinal study using the Performance of Upper Limb test

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 749-753

  Pane, Marika ^a   Fanelli, Lavinia ^a   Mazzone, Elena Stacy ^a   Olivieri, Giorgia ^a   D'Amico, Adele ^b   Messina, Sonia ^c   Scutifero, Marianna ^d   Battini, Roberta ^e   Petillo, Roberta ^d   Frosini, Silvia ^e   Sivo, Serena ^a   Vita, Gian Luca ^c   Bruno, Claudio ^f   Mongini, Tiziana ^g   Pegoraro, Elena ^h   De Sanctis, Roberto ^a   Gardani, Alice ⁱ   Berardinelli, Angela ⁱ   Lanzillotta, Valentina ^f   Carlesi, Adelina ^b   Viggiano, Emanuela ^d   Cavallaro, Filippo ^c   Sframeli, Maria ^c   Bello, Luca ^h   Barp, Andrea ^h   Bianco, Flaviana ^a   Bonfiglio, Serena ^k   Rolle, Enrica ^g   Palermo, Concetta ^a   D'Angelo, Grazia ^j   Pini, Antonella ^k   Iotti, Elena ^m   Gorni, Ksenija ^l   Baranello, Giovanni ^m   Bertini, Enrico ^b   Politano, Luisa ^d   Sormani, Maria Pia ⁿ   Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

^f G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^k BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Centro Clinico NEMO   (Italy)

^m DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Glucocorticoids; Non ambulant; PUL; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ELBOW; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE OF UPPER LIMB TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941737689     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: 18732364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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