Juvenile muscular atrophy of the distal upper limb (Hirayama disease) associated with atopy

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 798-801

  Kira, J ^a   Ochi, H ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopy; Hirayama disease; Mite

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 0034979329     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.70.6.798     Document Type: Article

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