The Dropped Head Sign: An Unusual Presentation of Congenital Myopathy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 330-331

  Riggs, Jack E ^a   Bodensteiner, John B ^a   Schochet, Sydney S ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOPATHIES, NEMALINE; POSTURE;

EID: 0028069087     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389400900322     Document Type: Article

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