neurogenic atrophy
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neurogenic atrophy
muscle wasting caused by loss of motor innervation of muscle (unlike disuse atrophy).
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F-waves in
neurogenic atrophy. Muscle Nerve 1985;8:690-6.
A muscle biopsy of the anterior tibialis exhibited
neurogenic atrophy with no inflammatory infiltrate.
The cause was established in seven of eight cases and included cervical intervertebral disk protrusion, skull fracture,
neurogenic atrophy, and dystrophic myodegeneration.
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