Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 186-189, December 2008

Proximal Muscle Weakness in a 15-Year-Old Boy

  • Marcia V. Felker, MD

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  • Bhuwan P. Garg, MB, BS

Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Proximal muscle weakness, often indicative of a myopathy, has a broad differential diagnosis in children. We present a case of an adolescent boy with proximal weakness and a mildly elevated creatine kinase. He was found to have spinal muscular atrophy type III rather than a myopathy.

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PII: S1071-9091(08)00080-6

doi:10.1016/j.spen.2008.10.005

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 186-189, December 2008

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