The value of a new method for assessing the separate functions of the long tracts and involved segments in patients with cervical myelopathy

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-79

  Hirabayashi, S ^a   Tsuzuki, N ^a   Abe, R ^a   Saiki, K ^a   Takahashi, K ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034080960     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640000127     Document Type: Article

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