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17537635

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-22
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we investigated the diagnostic value of quantitative skeletal muscle ultrasonography in 150 consecutively referred children with symptoms suspect for a neuromuscular disorder. Muscle thickness and quantitatively determined echo intensity of four muscles and the distribution of these variables within the body were examined. RESULTS: Patients with and without a neuromuscular disorder could be discriminated with a positive predictive value of 91% and a negative predictive value of 86%. Patients with a neurogenic disorder could be distinguished from myopathies and non-neuromuscular disorders with a positive predictive value of 86% and a negative predictive of 84%, using the pattern of distribution of pathology within the body. CONCLUSIONS: Skeletal muscle ultrasound is a good, practical and non-invasive aid in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders in children, that is able to discriminate between children with and without a neuromuscular disorder and between neurogenic disorders and myopathies with high predictive values.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
509-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative skeletal muscle ultrasound: diagnostic value in childhood neuromuscular disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute of Neurology, Neuromuscular Centre Nijmegen, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. s.pillen@cukz.umcn.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article