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Research Article

Reverse split hand syndrome: Dissociated intrinsic hand muscle atrophy pattern in Hirayama disease/brachial monomelic amyotrophy

Ravinder-Jeet SinghDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India,
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Veeramani Preethish-KumarDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India, and
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Kiran PolavarapuDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India, and
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Seena VengalilDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India,
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Chandrajit PrasadDepartment of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India
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Atchayaram NaliniDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India, Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 10-16 | Received 27 May 2016, Accepted 07 Aug 2016, Published online: 30 Aug 2016

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