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- Title
Muscle biopsy of a 15-year-old boy with muscle atrophy and weakness of the extremities from infancy.
- Authors
Shirabe, T.
- Abstract
This 15-year-old boy was hospitalized for evaluation of muscle atrophy and weakness of the extremities from infancy. The delivery had been full and uneventful, and his bodyweight at birth was 3250 g. After birth his sucking and crying were weak, and the extremities were floppy. Muscle atrophy became apparent when he was 8 months old. He began to walk at 2 years and 1 month. After that his physical development was delayed as well but his mental development was normal. On admission his mental state was normal. He showed slight to moderate muscle atrophy and weakness in the face, neck and his extremities. Deep tendon reflexes were diminished. He could walk but could not run. The sensory systems were unremarkable. Creatine kinase and aldolase were within normal limits. A muscle biopsy was done at the right quadriceps femoris muscle.
- Subjects
BIOPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR disease diagnosis
- Publication
Neuropathology, 2001, Vol 21, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
0919-6544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1440-1789.2001.00371.x