Nontraumatic cervicothoracic syrinx as a cause of progressive neurologic dysfunction

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-281

  Porensky, Paul ^a   Muro, Kenji ^a   Ganju, Aruna ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Central subarachnoid stenosis; Idiopathic; Spinal cord injuries; Syringomyelia; Syrinx

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447624694     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2007.11753937     Document Type: Conference Paper

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