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Sumit Verma1,2, Jasmine Forte1,2, Mary Ritchey3

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

Muscle & Nerve
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Keywords:
Hammersmith motor function scale expandedcompound muscle action potentialmotor unit number indexmotor unit size indexspinal muscular atrophy

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