Effects of surgery on the sensory deficits of syringomyelia and predictors of outcome: A long term prospective study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1025-1030

  Attal, N ^a,b   Parker, F ^c   Tadie M ^c   Aghakani, N ^c   Bouhassira, D ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 3042795047     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.026674     Document Type: Article

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