Thoracic myelopathy with alkaptonuria

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Akeda, Koji ^a   Kasai, Yuichi ^a   Kawakita, Eiji ^a   Matsumura, Yoshihiro ^a   Kono, Toshibumi ^a   Murata, Tetsuya ^b   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaptonuria; Degenerative intervertebral disc; Myelopathy; Ochronosis; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALKAPTONURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALKAPTONURIA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCHRONOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149047660     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816046ea     Document Type: Article

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