doi: 10.1212/wnl.42.8.1625.
The dropped head syndrome
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The dropped head syndrome
Neurology.
1992 Aug.
Abstract
We describe four patients with a neuromuscular syndrome characterized by relatively isolated neck extensor weakness. EMG and muscle biopsies suggest a restrictive noninflammatory myopathy predominantly affecting the cervical paraspinal muscles.
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Dropped head syndrome.Neurology. 1993 Apr;43(4):846; author reply 846-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.4.846-b. Neurology. 1993. PMID: 8369036 No abstract available.
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Dropped head syndrome.Neurology. 1993 Apr;43(4):846; author reply 846-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.4.846-a. Neurology. 1993. PMID: 8469354 No abstract available.
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Dropped head syndrome.Neurology. 1993 Apr;43(4):846; author reply 846-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.4.846. Neurology. 1993. PMID: 8469355 No abstract available.
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