Cervical cord dysfunction during neck flexion in Hirayama's disease

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1980-1983

  Restuccia, D ^a,c   Rubino, M ^a   Valeriani, M ^b   Mirabella, M ^a   Sabatelli, M ^a   Tonali, P ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NECK; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0038038023     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000068017.75780.44     Document Type: Article

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