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Atrophy, hand muscles Symptom Report

Atrophy is the decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue. There are many possible causes, including progressive degenerative diseases of the motor cells of the spinal cord. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Atrophy, hand muscles severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Atrophy, hand muscles

Treatments Patients Take For Atrophy, hand muscles
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
3 1% Assistive Technology: 1%
2 0% Augmentative Speech Device: 0%
1 0% Arm braces: 0%
1 0% Wrist and Thumb Braces: 0%

Report created on November 23, 2009.