Nine patients with adult-onset acid maltase deficiency (Pompe's disease) were examined clinically and with computed tomography (CT). The CT scan showed early and severe involvement of the muscles of trunk and thighs, with selective sparing of the tensor fasciae latae, short head of biceps femoris, g
Adult-onset acid maltase deficiency presenting as diaphragmatic paralysis
β Scribed by Dr. Edward D. Sivak; Virgilio D. Salanga; Asa J. Wilbourn; Hiroshi Mitsumoto; Joseph Golish
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 234 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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