Benign monomelic amyotrophy of the lower limb - Case report and brief review of the literature

European Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 238-240

  Munchau A ^a   Rosenkranz, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 0343183108     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008183     Document Type: Article

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