"Dropped-head" syndrome due to isolated myositis of neck extensor muscles: MRI findings

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-112

  Gaeta, Michele ^a   Mazziotti, Silvio ^a   Toscano, Antonio ^a   Rodolico, Carmelo ^a   Mazzeo, Anna ^a   Blandino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dropped head syndrome; MRI; Myositis; Neck

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEAD POSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NECK MUSCLES; SYNDROME;

EID: 31144443795     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0011-2     Document Type: Article

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