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Dropped Head Syndrome due to Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical Manifestation and Evaluation

by
Ahmet Z. Burakgazi
*,
Perry K. Richardson
and
Mohammad Abu-Rub
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Neurol. Int. 2019, 11(3), 8198; https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198
Submission received: 11 June 2019 / Revised: 11 June 2019 / Accepted: 18 June 2019 / Published: 19 June 2019

Abstract

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.
Keywords: Dropped head syndrome; neuromuscular disease Dropped head syndrome; neuromuscular disease

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Burakgazi, A.Z.; Richardson, P.K.; Abu-Rub, M. Dropped Head Syndrome due to Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical Manifestation and Evaluation. Neurol. Int. 2019, 11, 8198. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198

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Burakgazi AZ, Richardson PK, Abu-Rub M. Dropped Head Syndrome due to Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical Manifestation and Evaluation. Neurology International. 2019; 11(3):8198. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198

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Burakgazi, Ahmet Z., Perry K. Richardson, and Mohammad Abu-Rub. 2019. "Dropped Head Syndrome due to Neuromuscular Disorders: Clinical Manifestation and Evaluation" Neurology International 11, no. 3: 8198. https://doi.org/10.4081/ni.2019.8198

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