McArdle's sign in multiple sclerosis.
A patient with multiple sclerosis is reported in whom neck flexion produced a reversible deterioration in gait and an increase in the degree of pyramidal weakness of the lower limbs. The name McArdle's sign is proposed.
National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London, UK.
J H
JH
O'Neill
K R
KR
Mills
N M
NM
Murray
D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009333:Neck; D011187:Posture; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology