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Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation

In this article, we discuss the clinical approach to patients with dropped head syndrome and identify the various neuromuscular causes of dropped head syndrome including muscle, neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerve and motor neuron etiologies. We aim to increase awareness of recognition the enti...

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Autores principales: Burakgazi, Ahmet Z., Richardson, Perry K., Abu-Rub, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6763751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579150
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198
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description In this article, we discuss the clinical approach to patients with dropped head syndrome and identify the various neuromuscular causes of dropped head syndrome including muscle, neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerve and motor neuron etiologies. We aim to increase awareness of recognition the entity of dropped head syndrome and factors that may predict response to immunomodulating therapy in dropped head syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-67637512019-10-02 Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation Burakgazi, Ahmet Z. Richardson, Perry K. Abu-Rub, Mohammad Neurol Int Review In this article, we discuss the clinical approach to patients with dropped head syndrome and identify the various neuromuscular causes of dropped head syndrome including muscle, neuromuscular junction, peripheral nerve and motor neuron etiologies. We aim to increase awareness of recognition the entity of dropped head syndrome and factors that may predict response to immunomodulating therapy in dropped head syndrome. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2019-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6763751/ /pubmed/31579150 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s), 2019 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Burakgazi, Ahmet Z.
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Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation
title Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation
title_full Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation
title_fullStr Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation
title_full_unstemmed Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation
title_short Dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: Clinical manifestation and evaluation
title_sort dropped head syndrome due to neuromuscular disorders: clinical manifestation and evaluation
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6763751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31579150
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198
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