Age related shift in the primary sites of involvement in cervical spondylotic myelopathy from lower to upper levels

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 316-318

  Tani, T ^a   Ushida, T ^a   Taniguchi, S ^a   Kimura, J ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0036724067     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.73.3.316     Document Type: Article

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