Cross-sectional transverse area and hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging in relation to the clinical picture in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2573-2577

  Kadanka, Zdenek ^a   Kerkovsky, Milos ^a   Bednarik, Josef ^a   Jarkovsky, Jiri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Compressive myelopathy; Cross sectional area; MRI hyperintensities; Spondylotic myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 35848966754     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318158cda0     Document Type: Article

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