Selective paraspinal muscle amyotrophy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 70-74

  Narayanaswami, Pushpa ^a   Bertorini, Tulio E ^a,b   Halford III, Hollis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Methodist Hospitals of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Focal amyotrophy; Motor neuron disease; Neurogenic atrophy; Paraspinal weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, SMALL-CELL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC;

EID: 0034193890     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00310-5     Document Type: Article

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