Early-onset Hirayama disease in a female

Objectives: Hirayama disease is a rare myelopathy, occurring predominantly in males with onset in the teens. Methods and results: Here, we report a young female patient who developed the first signs of Hirayama disease at 10.5 years of age. Prior to onset, she had experienced a growth spurt and grew...

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Main Authors: Matthias Baumann, Josef Finsterer, Elke R Gizewski, Wolfgang N Löscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16686710