Laminoplasty for cervical myelopathy caused by subaxial lesions in rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 7-12

  Mukai, Yoshihiro ^a   Hosono, Noboru ^b   Sakaura, Hironobu ^b   Ishii, Takahiro ^b   Fuchiya, Tsuyoshi ^b   Fijiwara, Keiju ^b   Fuji, Takeshi ^b   Yoshikawa, Hideki ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Laminoplasty; Myelopathy; Rheumatoidarthritis; Subluxation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346993677     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2004.100.1.0007     Document Type: Article

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