title: Muscle disease in children: a practical approach.
abstract: This paper has given an overview of the complexity of childhood muscle disease. Fortunately, astute history-taking and physical examination, combined with readily available tests, will usually enable the clinician to formulate a diagnosis and plan of management.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatric Neurology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gomez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology