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Abstract
Condition characterized by sagging of the head due to severe NECK MUSCLES weakness in the back of the neck. It may result in severe cervical KYPHOSIS called chin-on-chest deformity. Dropped head syndrome is most often associated with other diseases, e.g., PARKINSON'S DISEASE; STROKES; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; and ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS.
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- Chin-on-Chest Deformity
- Chin on Chest Deformity
- Chin-on-Chest Deformities
- Deformity, Chin-on-Chest
- Dropped Head Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2023
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- Muscle Weakness (1996-2022)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dropped Head Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000094222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000094222
- Dropped Head Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24869796