Hirayama disease: description of an Italian case.
Hirayama disease is slowly progressive, usually monolateral, distal upper limb amyotrophy occurring mainly in young men. It is usually considered a kind of cervical myelopathy related to flexing movements of the neck. Several patients have been reported in Japan; we describe an Italian case.
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C. Besta National Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, I-20133 Milan, Italy.
Usai
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D'Amico
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D000328:Adult; D020968:Brachial Plexus Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004576:Electromyography; D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation*; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation*; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology*; D009134:Muscular Atrophy, Spinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis