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The diagnostic value of EMG and muscle biopsy has been compared with muscle CT in 53 patients with neuromuscular diseases. CT concordance with clinical diagnosis was found in 62% of myopathies and was highest in Duchenne PMD and scapulo-peroneal myopathy and very low in metabolic and inflammatory myopathies. In neurogenic diseases muscle CT agreed with clinical diagnosis in 63% of patients: the highest concordance was found in acquired polyneuropathies.
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Il valore diagnostico dell' EMG e della biopsia muscolare viene confrontato con quello della TC muscolare in 53 pazienti affetti da malattie neuromuscolari. La TC muscolare concorda con la diagnosi clinica nel 62% delle miopatie, con un massimo nelle distrofie di Duchenne e nella miopatia scapolo-peroneale, mentre è di scarsa utilità nelle miopatie metaboliche ed infiammatorie. Nelle malattie neurogene la TC muscolare è in concordanza con la diagnosi clinica nel 63% dei casi, con un massimo nelle neuropatie acquisite.
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Gibertoni, M., Colombo, A., Schoenhuber, R. et al. Muscle CT, biopsy and EMG in diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases. Ital J Neuro Sci 8, 51–53 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361435
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361435