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SUBMITTER: Hogrel JY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4799716 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hogrel Jean-Yves JY Wary Claire C Moraux Amélie A Azzabou Noura N Decostre Valérie V Ollivier Gwenn G Canal Aurélie A Lilien Charlotte C Ledoux Isabelle I Annoussamy Mélanie M Reguiba Nacera N Gidaro Teresa T Le Moing Anne Gaelle AG Cardas Ruxandra R Voit Thomas T Carlier Pierre G PG Servais Laurent L
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<h4>Objective</h4>To explore the value of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and functional assessments for follow-up of ambulatory and nonambulatory patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-five 53-skippable patients with DMD were included in this study; 15 were nonambulatory at baseline. All patients underwent clinical and functional assessments every 6 months using the Motor Function Measure (MFM), hand grip and key pinch strength, MoviPlate, and NMR spectroscopy a ...[more]