title: Muscle MRI in muscular dystrophies.
abstract: Muscle MRI has become a very useful tool in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with muscle dystrophies. Muscle MRI provides us about many aspects of the structure and function of skeletal muscles, such as the presence of oedema or fatty infiltration. In the last years many reports have described the particular muscles that are involved in these muscle disease. This knowledge can facilitate the diagnosis in many cases. In the present paper we review the main changes observed in muscle MRI of patients with muscle dystrophies.
authors.affiliation: Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona;; Centro de Investigación Básica en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER);
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz-Manera
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
authors.forename: Jaume
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llauger
authors.affiliation: Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona;; Centro de Investigación Básica en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER);
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gallardo
authors.affiliation: Neuromuscular Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona;; Centro de Investigación Básica en Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER);
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Illa
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies; muscle MRI