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The “wrench-head” appearance of thigh muscle CT in infantile facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

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    Tai-Heng Chen, Yung-Hao Tseng & Yan-Zhang Wu

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Chen, TH., Tseng, YH. & Wu, YZ. The “wrench-head” appearance of thigh muscle CT in infantile facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Acta Neurol Belg 122, 861–863 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-021-01713-2

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