Lumbar spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, and multiple lumbosacral radiculopathies

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 713-733

  Storm, Phillip B ^a   Chou, Dean ^b   Tamargo, Rafael J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0036696253     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(02)00013-X     Document Type: Review

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