Journal article
Flail arm syndrome: a clinical variant of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- Czaplinski A Department of Neurology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. aczaplinski@uhbs.ch
- Steck AJ
- Andersen PM
- Weber M
- 2004-07-27
Published in:
- European journal of neurology. - 2004
English
We describe a case of a 65-year old patient diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The clinical findings, with symmetric, predominantly proximal wasting and weakness of both arms (especially of the infra-, supraspinatus and deltoideus) leading to severe functional disability and contrasting with preserved independent ambulation and sparing of bulbar muscles, were consistent with the proposed criteria of the so-called flail arm syndrome. Based on our case we characterize the clinical features of flail arm syndrome and review the literature.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00841.x
- PMID 15272904
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/288128
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