Revised north star ambulatory assessment for young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Mercuri, Eugenio ^a   Coratti, Giorgia ^a   Messina, Sonia ^b   Ricotti, Valeria ^c   Baranello, Giovanni ^d   D'Amico, Adele ^e   Pera, Maria Carmela ^a   Albamonte, Emilio ^a   Sivo, Serena ^a   Mazzone, Elena Stacy ^a   Arnoldi, Maria Teresa ^d   Fanelli, Lavinia ^a   De Sanctis, Roberto ^a   Romeo, Domenico M ^a   Vita, Gian Luca ^b   Battini, Roberta ^f   Bertini, Enrico ^e   Muntoni, Francesco ^c   Pane, Marika ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NORTH STAR AMBULATORY ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84983465461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160195     Document Type: Article

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