?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Hirayama+Disease+-+A+Variant+of+Motor+Neuron+Disease+and+Role+of+Flexion+MRI+in+Diagnosis&rft.creator=Mahajan%2C+SK&rft.creator=Kaushik%2C+M&rft.creator=Raina%2C+R&rft.creator=Sharath+Babu%2C+NM&rft.creator=Raghav%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Hirayama+disease+is+a+monomyelic+variant+of+motor+neuron+disease+(MND)+and+has+distinctive+features+of+male+predominance%2C+asymmetric+involvement+of+upper+extremities+with+a+self+limiting+course.+Flexion+MRI+(magnetic+resonance+imaging)+forms+the+main+stay+for+diagnosis+of+this+condition.+Here+we+report+such+an+unusual+case+of+Hirayama+disease+in+a+male+patient+of+20+years+who+presented+with+weakness+and+atrophy+in+right+upper+limb.+Careful+clinical+examination+will+help+to+use+the+flexion+MRI+studies+for+the+diagnosis+of+this+condition+as+done+in+our+case.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9703%2F1%2F2013-3-16.pdf&rft.identifier=++Mahajan%2C+SK+and+Kaushik%2C+M+and+Raina%2C+R+and+Sharath+Babu%2C+NM+and+Raghav%2C+S++(2013)+Hirayama+Disease+-+A+Variant+of+Motor+Neuron+Disease+and+Role+of+Flexion+MRI+in+Diagnosis.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9703%2F