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A Case of Dropped Head plus Syndrome
UNLABELLED A patient developed neck extensor weakness along with symmetrical, mild proximal extremity weakness. Electrodiagnostic findings were minimal. Subsequently muscle biopsy was undertaken which showed myopathic changes as well as rimmed vacuoles. This case highlights the discussion of histopatholgical findings seen in neck extensor weakness when it occurs in isolation as well as when it ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Spine Journal
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0940-6719,1432-0932
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0630-z