Morgagni Stewart Morel syndrome--additional features.
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A case of Morgagni Stewart Morel syndrome with progressive depression in frontal bone, headache, transient monoparesis, obesity; imbalance, neuropsychiatric symptoms and recurrent disc prolapse with absent right radial pulse is discussed. This syndrome was first mentioned 235 years back, but till now exact pathology is not known. Balance assessment using dynamic posturography was done, which revealed abnormal vestibular function. To our knowledge this is the first case examined for Dynamic Posturography.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology India
دوره 53 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005