Paraparesis Associated with Mild Congenital Kyphoscoliosis in an Adult

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-308

  Sato, Tetsuro ^a   Kokubun, Shoichi ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^a   Aizawa, Toshimi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Congenital kyphoscoliosis; Paraparesis; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCOLIOSIS;

DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; SCOLIOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031300115     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.183.303     Document Type: Article

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