A note on bent spines: 'Camptocormia' and 'head ptosis'

European Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-105

  Pearce, J M S ^a,b  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; VALPROIC ACID;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAMPTOCORMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEAD PTOSIS; HUMAN; MYOSITIS; NEMALINE MYOPATHY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLOSIS; BODY POSTURE; HISTORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POSTURE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 20544473106     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085511     Document Type: Article

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