A 73-year-old man with a 16-year history of fasciculations and 15 years of weakness in his right arm was diagnosed with focal motor neuron disease. After 10 years of purely motor symptoms, he developed mild parasthesias although his sensory examination remained normal. Reflexes were reduced or absen
AAEM case report #26: Seventh cranial neuropathy
โ Scribed by James M. Gilchrist
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 556 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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