Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis with cervical spinal cord injury - A report of 3 cases and a literature review

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-261

  Sreedharan, S ^a   Li, Y H ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Forestier disease; Ossification; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Vertebral ankylosing hyperostosis

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; AGED; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FATALITY; MALE; SINGAPORE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SINGAPORE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 22144464867     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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