Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: Case report and literature review

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-406

  Pereira, P ^a,b   Duarte, F ^a   Lamas, R ^a   Vaz, R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Meningeal diverticulum; Spinal arachnoid cyst; Spinal cord herniation; Thoracic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; POLITEF;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; DIVERTICULOSIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HERNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS, SPASTIC; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035012084     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010170096     Document Type: Article

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