Dropped head syndrome as a presenting sign of scleromyositis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-103

  Garcin, Beatrice ^a   Lenglet, Timothée ^a   Dubourg, Odile ^b   Mesnage, Valérie ^a   Levy, Richard ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Neck muscles; PM Scl antibodies; Polymyositis; Scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NECK MUSCLE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SCLEROMYOSITIS; SYMPTOM;

FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDNISONE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949874090     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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