Hirayama disease: Description of an Italian case

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-103

  Rigamonti, A ^a   Usai, S ^a   Curone, M ^a   D'Amico, D ^a   Bussone, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Hirayama disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GENDER; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; JAPAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NECK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY;

EID: 3142745420     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-004-0239-y     Document Type: Article

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