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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Stephan Jaiser, Professor Mark BakerORCiD, Professor Roger Whittaker, Dr Daniel Birchall, Professor Patrick Chinnery
This is the final published version of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013.
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A 39-year-old lawyer presented with intermittent spasms and pain in his abdominal muscles, particularly the right upper quadrant. These had occurred since his mid-20s and there had been long asymptomatic periods, including 8 years prior to the most recent 4-month exacerbation. Trivial movement triggered a spasm of the abdominal muscles, leading to severe pain, which made breathing uncomfortable and interfered with sleep. The symptoms subsided spontaneously after 4 to 5 days, leaving him with a sore abdomen for several weeks. Past attacks had also been precipitated by specific forms of repetitive exercise such as jogging. He described ill-defined numbness in the left leg, but denied any muscle twitching, weakness, back pain, or sphincter disturbance. There was no significant past medical or family history.
Author(s): Jaiser SR, Baker MR, Whittaker RG, Birchall D, Chinnery PF
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neurology
Year: 2013
Volume: 81
Issue: 2
Pages: e5-e9
Print publication date: 09/07/2013
Date deposited: 22/04/2016
ISSN (print): 0028-3878
ISSN (electronic): 1526-632X
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e31829a335e
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31829a335e
PubMed id: 23836948
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