Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 221-229 , December 2011

Muscle Imaging in Congenital Myopathies

  • Susana Quijano-Roy, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • APHP, Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital Universitaire R. Poincaré, Garches, France
    • Centre de Référence Maladies Neuromusculaires (GNMH), Hôpital Universitaire R. Poincaré, Garches, France
    • ,
  • Robert Y. Carlier, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'imagerie médicale, Pôle neuro-locomoteur, APHP Hôpital Universitaire R. Poincaré Groupe hospitalier Garches, A. Paré, Sainte Perine, Berck, Garches, France
    • CIC-IT, Université Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Versailles, France
    • ,
  • Dirk Fischer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropaediatrics, University of Basel, Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Dirk Fischer, MD, Department of Neuropaediatrics, University of Basel, Children's Hospital, Spitalstrasse 33, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland

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PII: S1071-9091(11)00088-X

doi: 10.1016/j.spen.2011.10.003

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 221-229 , December 2011

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