The clinical presentation of uppermost cervical disc protrusion

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 439-442

  Chen, Tzu Yung ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cruciate paralysis; Disc protrusion; Myeloradiculopathy; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034000944     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200002150-00008     Document Type: Article

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