Hirayama disease: A frequently undiagnosed condition with simple inexpensive treatment

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Lalla, Rakesh ^a   Patil, Tushar B ^a   Gupta, Arvind ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL COLLAR; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872193657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007076     Document Type: Article

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