A clinical study of Hirayama disease in Taiwan

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 576-582

  Huang, Ying Chih ^a   Ro, Long Sun ^a   Chang, Hong Shiu ^a   Chen, Chiung Mei ^a   Wu, Yih Ru ^a   Lee, Jian Der ^a   Lyu, Rong Kuo ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Benign focal amyotrophy; Hirayama disease; Juvenile muscular atrophy; Lower motor neuron disease; Monomelic atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; BONE GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TAIWAN; ULNAR NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES OF CHILDHOOD; TAIWAN;

EID: 42549113506     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20980     Document Type: Review

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