Quantitative Muscle Analysis in FSHD Using Whole-Body Fat-Referenced MRI: Composite Scores for Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Analysis.

Michelle L MellionPer Widholm Markus KarlssonAndré AhlgrenRabi TawilKathryn R WagnerJeffrey M StatlandLeo WangPerry B ShiehBaziel G M van EngelenJoost KoolsLucienne RoncoAdefowope OdueyungboJohn JiangJay J HanMaya HatchJeanette TowlesOlof Dahlqvist LeinhardDiego Cadavid

Published in: Neurology (2022)

This study provides Class II evidence that quantitative WB-MSK-MRI findings associate with FSHD1 severity measured using established functional assessments.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
high resolution
computed tomography
mass spectrometry