Idiopathic spinal cord herniation: A new theory of pathogenesis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Najjar, Marwan W ^a   Baeesa, Saleh S ^b   Lingawi, Sattam S ^a  

^a Dr Erfan and Bagedo General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

arachnoid cyst; Brown S quard syndrome; MR phase contrast imaging; spastic paraparesis; Spinal cord herniation

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; MYELITIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD HERNIATION; SPINAL CORD LESION; TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 3142771894     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.10.030     Document Type: Article

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