Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: Case report and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1129-1133

  Marshman, Laurence A G ^a,b   Hardwidge, Carl ^a   Ford Dunn, Suzanne C ^a   Olney, John S ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herniation; Idiopathic; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARESIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FECAL INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HERNIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, TROPICAL SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0032960621     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199905000-00112     Document Type: Article

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