Measuring of the compensation of a nerve root in a cervical schwannoma: A case report

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 714-716

  Saiki, Masahiko ^a   Taguchi, Toshihiko ^a   Kaneko, Kazuo ^a   Toyota, Kouichiro ^a   Kato, Yoshihiko ^a   Li, Zhenglin ^a   Kawai, Shinya ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical root; Cervical spine; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE ROOT; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE TUMOR;

EID: 0142090088     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0697-8     Document Type: Article

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