Population
41 patients with Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) (28 men/13 women, age 34-76 years)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4 months (for 11 patients)
Authors
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Muscle fat infiltration may aid FSHD monitoring; hypothesis-generating for MRI biomarkers, requiring prospective validation before practice change.
Quantitative MRI reveals that muscle fat infiltration in FSHD progresses rapidly once an intermediate phase is reached, highlighting its potential as a biomarker for disease progression.
Janssen et al. (2014) studied this question.
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