Clinical and radiological profile of Hirayama disease: A flexion myelopathy due to tight cervical dural canal amenable to collar therapy

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Hassan, K M ^a   Sahni, Hirdesh ^b   Jha, Atul ^c  

^a Eastern Command Hospital   (India)

^b Medical Division   (India)

^c ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Collar therapy; flexion magnetic resonance imaging; hand wasting; Hirayama disease; monomelic amyotrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAR THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DELTOID MUSCLE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FASCICULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MYOTOME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TENDON REFLEX; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84860432441     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.94993     Document Type: Article

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