Bilaterally symmetric form of Hirayama disease

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2083-2089

  Pradhan, Sunil ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; MYOTOME; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 67649491193     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181aa5364     Document Type: Article

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