Muscle Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Diagnostic Tool with Promising Avenues in Therapeutic Trials

Susana Quijano-Roy; Robert Y. Carlier

doi:10.1055/s-0034-1389894

Neuropediatrics, Table of Contents

Neuropediatrics 2014; 45(05): 273-274
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1389894

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Muscle Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Diagnostic Tool with Promising Avenues in Therapeutic Trials^[*]

Susana Quijano-Roy

¹Department of Pediatrics, Garches Neuromuscular Center (GNMH), Raymond Poincaré University Hospital (UVSQ), Garches, France

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Robert Y. Carlier^§

²Department of Radiology, Garches Neuromuscular Center (GNMH), Raymond Poincaré University Hospital (UVSQ), Garches, France

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Muscle Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Diagnostic Tool with Promising Avenues in Therapeutic Trials[*]

Muscle Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Diagnostic Tool with Promising Avenues in Therapeutic Trials^[*]