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Muscle MRI in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Evidence of a distinctive pattern.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Nov 2016
Polavarapu Kiran, Manjunath Mahadevappa, Preethish-Kumar Veeramani, Sekar Deepha, Vengalil Seena, Thomas PriyaTreesa, Sathyaprabha Talakad N, Bharath Rose Dawn, Nalini Atchayaram
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The purpose of this study was to describe the pattern of muscle involvement using MRI findings and correlate with functional as well as muscle strength measurements. Fifty genetically confirmed DMD children with a mean age of 7.6 ± 2.8 (4-15 years) underwent muscle MRI and qualitative assessment was done for muscle changes using Mercuri staging for fibro-fatty replacement on T1 sequence and Borsato score for...
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