Treatment of syringomyelia after posttraumatic paraparesis or tetraparesis

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 485-488

  Schaller, Bernhard ^a   Mindermann, Thomas ^a   Gratzl, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arachnoid scarring; Cerebrospinal fluid obstruction; Paraparesis; Spinal cord injury; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0033503291     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199912000-00007     Document Type: Article

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