Juvenile amyotrophy of the distal upper extremity: Pathologic findings of the dura mater and surgical management

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 486-492

  Konno, Shin ^a   Goto, Sumio ^a   Murakami, Masazumi ^a   Mochizuki, Makondo ^a   Motegi, Hiroyuki ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cervical flexion; compression; dura mater; duraplasty; dynamic; juvenile amyotrophy; myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DURA MATER; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD FUNCTION; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030965496     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199703010-00004     Document Type: Article

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