Isolated neck extensor myopathy: A common cause of dropped head syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 917-921

  Katz, J S ^a   Wolfe, G I ^a   Burns, D K ^a   Bryan, W W ^a   Fleckenstein, J L ^a   Barohn, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030006283     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.917     Document Type: Article

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