Cervical radiculopathy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 353, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 392-399

  Carette, Simon ^a,b   Fehlings, Michael G ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMMOBILIZATION; RADICULOPATHY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; RADICULOPATHY; TRACTION;

EID: 23644442264     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp043887     Document Type: Review

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