Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord in Vegetarians: Vegetarian's Myelopathy
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Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord in vegetarians: vegetarian's myelopathy.
A 49-year-old vegetarian woman developed paresthesia in bilateral arms, forearms, hands and toes. On examination, her position sense was decreased in her hands and toes, but other sensory and motor systems appeared normal. Hyperreflexia was observed in the legs. Babinski’s sign was not seen. Lhermitte’s sign was positive. On cervical MRI scan, T2-weighted images showed bilateral hyperintensitie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1731