New method for the estimation of the number of motor units in a muscle: 2. Duchenne, limb-girdle and facioscapulohumeral, and myotonic muscular dystrophies
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- 1 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 37 (11), 1195-1201
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.37.11.1195
Abstract
The results of the application of a computerized method for the estimation of motor unit numbers in the human extensor digitorum brevis are presented. In patients with Duchenne and limb-girdle and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies, motor unit numbers are within the normal range, but are significantly reduced in myotonic muscular dystrophy.Keywords
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