Non-progressive juvenile spinal muscular atrophy of the distal upper limb: (Hirayama's disease): A clinical variant of the benign monomelic amyotrophy

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 814-819

  Nascimento, Osvaldo J M ^a,b   De Freitas, Marcos R G ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hirayama disease; Lower motor neuron; Monomelic amyotrophy; Spinal muscular atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HAND; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD;

EID: 0034276587     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000500004     Document Type: Article

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