Echenne B, Astruc J, Brunel D, Pages M, Baldet P, Martinazzo G
Neuropediatrics. 1983 May;14(2):97-101. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1059561.
In three patients with muscular dystrophy, the unexpected occurrence of spinal stiffness suggested a diagnosis of rigid spine syndrome. One case belongs to the benign form of the congenital muscular dystrophies; in the other cases however, the severity and the distribution of the muscular process, associated with neurological abnormalities, seems to correspond to a unique variant of congenital muscular dystrophy. These observations underline the heterogeneity of the rigid spine syndrome.
在三名肌肉萎缩症患者中，脊柱僵硬的意外出现提示为僵硬脊柱综合征。其中一例属于先天性肌肉萎缩症的良性形式；然而，在其他病例中，肌肉病变的严重程度和分布，连同神经学异常，似乎符合先天性肌肉萎缩症的一种独特变体。这些观察结果突显了僵硬脊柱综合征的异质性。
