Magnetic resonance imaging of cauda equina syndrome in long-standing ankylosing spondylitis

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-377

  Arslanoglu, A ^a,c   Aygun, N ^b  

^a Van Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Cauda equina syndrome; Dural diverticula

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DIVERTICULITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL ROOT; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 34447328998     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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