Lumbar radiculopathy in ankylosing spondylitis with dural ectasia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 981-983

  Kotil, Kadir ^a   Yavasca, Pinar ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Dural ectasia; Lumbar; Monoradiculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURAL ECTASIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIVERTICULUM; DURA MATER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RADICULOPATHY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34548285767     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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