Patterns of chronic adhesive arachnoiditis following Myodil myelography: The significance of spinal canal stenosis and previous surgery

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 824, 1996, Pages 693-698

  Laitt, R ^a   Jackson, A ^b   Isherwood, I ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOFENDYLATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL ROOT; SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0029835218     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-824-693     Document Type: Article

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