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EMG and nerve conduction studies in children with congenital muscular dystrophy.
Muscle & nerve - 1 Feb 2004
Quijano-Roy Susana, Renault Francis, Romero Norma, Guicheney Pascale, Fardeau Michel, Estournet Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
Motor and sensory nerve conduction velocities (NCVs) and needle electromyography (EMG) results were reviewed in 26 children with different types of congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), including patients with mutations in the genes LAMA2, FKRP, and COL6A2. In every patient, at least one EMG examination detected myopathic changes that were predominant in proximal muscles, although EMG performed at birth was normal...
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