Cervical spondylarthrotic myelopathy with early onset in Down's syndrome: Five cases and a review of the literature

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-288

  Bosma, G P Th ^a   Van Buchem, M A ^a   Voormolen, J H C ^a   Van Biezen, F C ^b   Brouwer, O F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Down's syndrome; Spinal canal; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; RADIOLOGY; SPONDYLOSIS; WALKING;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0032805545     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.1999.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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