Neuropathic spinal arthropathy in charcot-marie-tooth disease. A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1235-1239

  Anand, Neel ^a   Levine, David B ^a,b   Burke, Stephen ^a,b   Bansal, Manjula ^a,b  

^a Hospital for Special Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030872947     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199708000-00017     Document Type: Article

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