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Schanz' syndrome II

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As described by Schanz in 1907, the characteristics of this syndrome comprise the combined features of the lateral sclerosis and the anterior cornual syndromes. Symptoms: moving from erect to a prone position causes a feeling of fatique and lumbar pain.

Bibliography

  • A. Schanz:
    Eine typische Erkrankung der Wirbelsäule (Insufficienta vertebrae).
    Berliner klinische Wochenschrift, 1907, 44: 989-992. 17: 986 ff.

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