title: The dropped head syndrome.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome