Dynamic myelopathy in Hirayama disease.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2014.06.026 1529-9430/ 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. months despite physiotherapy. There was no history of cold paresis. Neurologic examination revealed atrophy in all muscles of the forearm and intrinsic hand muscles, no fasciculations, right upper limb (UL) hypotonia, distal and extensor predominant motor deficit, right UL pathologic hyperreflexia, and right C6–C8 dermatomes hypalgesia. Electrophysiologic study demonstrated severe chronic denervation of right C7–T1 myotomes, mild chronic
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society
دوره 14 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014