Acute cervical cord injury without fracture or dislocation of the spinal column

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 15-20

  Koyanagi, Izumi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^b   Hida, Kazutoshi ^b   Akino, Minoru ^b   Imamura, Hiroyuki ^b   Abe, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Hokkaido Neurosurgical Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Spinal canal stenosis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0033947917     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.93.1.0015     Document Type: Article

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