Postraumatic syringomyelia: Profound neuronal loss, yet preserved function

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Goldstein, Barry ^a,b   Hammond, Margaret C ^a   Stiens, Steven A ^a   Little, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PAIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TEMPERATURE SENSE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0031594871     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90217-9     Document Type: Article

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