Spinal cord MRI hyperintensities in cervical spondylosis: An ischemic pathogenesis?

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-100

  Mifsud, Victoria ^a   Pullicino, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cord compression; Spinal cord MRI T2 hyperintensity; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VASCULAR DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOGENESIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD HYPERINTENSITY; SPONDYLOSIS SCORE;

EID: 0034000289     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon200010296     Document Type: Article

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