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Hirayama disease: description of an Italian case

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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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  1. C. Besta National Neurological Institute, Via Celoria 11, I-20133, Milan, Italy

    A. Rigamonti, S. Usai, M. Curone, D. D’Amico & G. Bussone

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Rigamonti, A., Usai, S., Curone, M. et al. Hirayama disease: description of an Italian case. Neurol Sci 25, 102–103 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-004-0239-y

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