Pathogenetic role of myelitis for syringomyelia

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 541-546

  Ravaglia, Sabrina ^a   Bogdanov, Enver I ^b   Pichiecchio, Anna ^a   Bergamaschi, Roberto ^a   Moglia, Arrigo ^a   Mikhaylov, Igor M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b KAZAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Interregional Clinical Diagnostic Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chiari I; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelitis; Presyringomyelia; Spinal cord edema; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSESTHESIA; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; PARESTHESIA; PREDNISONE; QUADRIPLEGIA; RECURRENCE; SARCOIDOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 34248998536     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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