Hirayama disease
Hirayama disease (HD) is a rare cause of cervical myelopathy often misdiagnosed as motor neuron disease and easily missed on routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), at time where detection is crucial to prevent irreversible cord injury. Believed to be a cervical flexion myelopathy, HD differs from...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2014-05-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Neurosurgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.138924 |