A case of cervical myelopathy due to dural arteriovenous fistula at the craniocervical junction

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 836-841

  Miyoshi, Yasushi ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Arakawa, Kenji ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Uda, Ken ^b   Inoue, Tooru ^b   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Craniocervical junction; Dural arteriovenous fistula

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CONSTIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POLLAKISURIA; SPASTICITY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRAL ARTERIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032707272     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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