Functional diagnosis using multimodal spinal cord evoked potentials in cervical myelopathy

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-7

  Tanaka, Nobuhiro ^a   Fujimoto, Yoshinori ^a   Yasunaga, Yuji ^a   Ochi, Mitsuo ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Elderly patient; Spinal cord evoked potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 13244279351     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-004-0859-3     Document Type: Article

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