Case of idiopathic thoracic spinal cord herniation with a chronic history: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-98

  Saito, Taku ^a,b   Anamizu, Yorito ^a   Nakamura, Kozo ^a   Seichi, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic history; Herniation; Idiopathic; Myelopathy; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HERNIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 1042302839     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0730-y     Document Type: Article

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