Lumbar adhesive arachnoiditis: Etiologic and pathologic aspects

Spine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 45-50

  Quiles, Manuel ^a   Marchisello, Peter J ^a   Tsairis, Peter ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Arachnoiditis ossificans and calcificans; Myelography; Spinal surgery

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; CALCIFICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSSIFICATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPINE SURGERY;

ADHESIONS; ARACHNOID; ARACHNOIDITIS; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYELOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 0017803829     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-197803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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