A case report of rapidly progressing cauda equina symptoms due to rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 290-294

  Kawaji, Hidemi ^a   Miyamoto, Masabumi ^a   Gembun, Yoshikazu ^a   Ito, Hiromoto ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Spinal fusion; Spondylodiskitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISKITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINE FUSION; SUBLUXATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYRADICULOPATHY;

EID: 27544441616     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.72.290     Document Type: Article

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