Cervical myelopathy in elderly patients: Clinical results and MRI findings before and after decompression surgery

Spinal Cord

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 220-226

  Nagata, K ^a,b   Ohashi, T ^a   Abe, J ^a   Morita, M ^a   Inoue, A ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical myelopathy; decompression surgery; elderly patients; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029886990     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1996.41     Document Type: Article

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