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Case Reports
. 1979 Mar;42(3):276-9.
doi: 10.1136/jnnp.42.3.276.

Rigid spine syndrome

I Goto, S Nagasaka, H Nagara, Y Kuroiwa
Case Reports

Rigid spine syndrome

I Goto et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1979 Mar.

Abstract

A patient is described with distinctive clinical features including childhood onset of non-progressive muscle weakness, limitation of flexion of the neck and spine, scoliosis, and joint contracture. Muscle biopsy and electromyography showed findings suggestive of a myopathic disorder. The combination of these distinctive clinical features is termed the rigid spine syndrome. Only six cases have been reported in the literature to date.

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