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

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 485-492

  Tekkök, Ismail H ^a,b  

^a Bayindir Medical Center   (Turkey)

^b Beyin ve Sinir Cerrahisi Bolumu   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brown Sequard syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord herniation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0033968132     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200002000-00044     Document Type: Article

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