A case of Hirayama's disease successfully treated by anterior cervical decompression and fusion

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1033-1038

  Imamura, H ^a   Matsumoto, S ^a   Hayase, M ^a   Oda, Y ^a   Kikuchi, H ^a   Takano, M ^a  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexion myelopathy; Hirayama's disease; Juvenile muscular atrophy of unilateral upper extremity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FOREARM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0035211584     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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