Posttraumatic syringomyelia: A review of 21 cases

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 334, Issue , 1997, Pages 190-199

  Kramer, Kenneth M ^a,b   Levine, Alan M ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Orthopaedic Specialists ^*  (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0031021440     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199701000-00025     Document Type: Article

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