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GOAL: To maintain the format of Monomelic amyotrophy version as edited by Jytdog at 22:21, 7 May 2018, while replacing all dubious and unverifiable text with accurate well-referenced material.

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Thanks for feedback GeeBee60 (talk) 11:17, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

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  1. Contents
  2. 1 Signs and symptoms
  3. 2 Genetics
  4. 3 Pathophysiology
  5. 4 Diagnosis and evaluation
    4.1 Genetic testing
    4.2 Clinical
    4.3 Differential diagnosis
  6. 5 Management
  7. 6 Prognosis
  8. 7 Epidemiology
  9. 8 History
  10. 9 Research directions
    9.1 Gene downregulation and silencing
    9.2 Reducing toxicity and increasing cell survival
    9.3 Cell replacement therapies
  11. 10 References

Further reading

Not appropriate section for the article. If the ref are important, incorporate them. David notMD (talk) 10:38, 25 May 2018 (UTC)


  • Di Muzio, A.; Pizzi, C. D.; Lugaresi, A.; Ragno, M.; Uncini, A. (1994). "Benign monomelic amyotrophy of lower limb: A rare entity with a characteristic muscular CT". Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 126 (2): 153–161. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(94)90266-6. PMID 7853021.
  • Di Guglielmo, G.; Brahe, C.; Di Muzio, A.; Uncini, A. (1996). "Benign monomelic amyotrophies of upper and lower limb are not associated to deletions of survival motor neuron gene". Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 141 (1–2): 111–113. doi:10.1016/0022-510X(96)00154-2. PMID 8880702.
  • Münchau, A.; Rosenkranz, T. (2000). "Benign Monomelic Amyotrophy of the Lower Limb – Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature". European Neurology. 43 (4): 238–240. doi:10.1159/000008183. PMID 10828656.
  • Freitas, M. R. G. D.; Nascimento, O. J. M. (2000). "Benign monomelic amyotrophy: A study of twenty-one cases" (PDF). Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. 58 (3B): 808–813. doi:10.1590/S0004-282X2000000500003. PMID 11018815.
  • Gourie-Devi, M.; Nalini, A. (2001). "Sympathetic skin response in monomelic amyotrophy". Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 104 (3): 162–166. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.00016.x. PMID 11551236.
  • Nalini, Atchayaram; Gourie-Devi, Mandavilli; Thennarasu, Kandavel; Ramalingaiah, Aravinda Hanumanthapura (22 May 2014). "Monomelic amyotrophy: Clinical profile and natural history of 279 cases seen over 35 years (1976–2010)". Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 15 (5–6): 457–465. doi:10.3109/21678421.2014.903976.
  • Neves, M. A. O.; Freitas, M. R. G. D.; Mello, M. P. D.; Dumard, C. H.; Freitas, G. R. D.; Nascimento, O. J. M. (2007). "Benign monomelic amyotrophy with proximal upper limb involvement: Case report". Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. 65 (2b): 524–527. doi:10.1590/S0004-282X2007000300032. PMID 17665029.
  • Zhou, Bo; Chen, Lei; Fan, Dongsheng; Zhou, Dong (26 February 2010). "Clinical features of Hirayama disease in mainland China". Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. 11 (1–2): 133–139. doi:10.3109/17482960902912407. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help) Review of 179 cases in mainland China.