Juvenile Muscular Atrophy of the Proximal Upper Extremity as So-Called Proximal-Type Hirayama Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Hirayama disease is a distinct type of cervical myelopathy characterized by juvenile onset of unilateral muscular atrophy of a distal upper extremity. We report herein a case with Hirayama disease-like juvenile muscular atrophy involving proximal muscles in the upper extremities. In this case, in th...

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Main Authors: Akira Yokote, Kousuke Fukuhara, Jun Tsugawa, Yoshio Tsuboi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/495606