Why the study?
Can muscle imaging patterns differentiate between subtypes of myofibrillar myopathies?
Population
46 patients with myofibrillar myopathies, including 19 with desminopathy, 12 with myotilinopathy, 11 with…
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May aid MFM subtyping in select cases; leaves open integration into diagnostics pending validation.
Can muscle imaging patterns differentiate between subtypes of myofibrillar myopathies?
Muscle imaging combined with clinical data can identify characteristic patterns of muscle alterations to help differentiate subtypes of myofibrillar myopathies and guide genetic testing.
Fischer et al. (2008) studied this question.
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