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A total of 42 patients with myopathies underwent CT scans in order to study the relationship between CT images and clinical findings. CT is a valuable diagnostic aid to distinguish primary from neurogenic myopathies, to facilitate directed biopsy and finally to classify the disease according to the degree and extent of the muscular lesion.
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Calò, M., Crisi, G., Martinelli, C. et al. CT and the diagnosis of myopathies. Neuroradiology 28, 53–57 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341766
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341766