Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 354-361 , March 2008

Quantitative Muscle Ultrasonography in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Ilse M.P. Arts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Frank G. van Rooij

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Sebastiaan Overeem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Sigrid Pillen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Henny M.H.A. Janssen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • H. Jurgen Schelhaas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Centre Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Machiel J. Zwarts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Prof. Machiel J. Zwarts, M.D., Ph.D., University Medical Centre Nijmegen, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Received 3 July 2007 ,Revised 1 August 2007 ,Accepted 30 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.08.013

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 354-361 , March 2008

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