Bimelic Hirayama Disease: Clinical Dilemma Solved by Imaging

Hirayama disease (juvenile muscular atrophy of distal upper extremity) is a cervical myelopathy predominantly affecting adolescent males. It is characterized by progressive muscular weakness and atrophy of unilateral or asymmetrically bilateral distal upper limbs. We report a case of an 18-year-male...

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Main Authors: Shalabh Jain, Siddharth Yadav, Swarna Gupta, Ritu Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/606894
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