A quantitative pathological investigation of the cervical cord, roots and ganglia after long-term amputation of the unilateral upper arm

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 666-673

  Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a   Kono, Mitsuo ^b   Yokoyama, Motoharu ^b   Ikuta, Fusahiro ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amputation; Human; Morphometry; Retrograde degeneration; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR HORN CELL; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT;

AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM; CASE REPORT; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0027228525     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334679     Document Type: Article

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