Cervical spondylosis: A literature review with attention to the African population

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-322

  Belachew, Degefe A ^a   Schaller, Bernhard J ^a   Guta, Zenebe ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Cervical spondylosis; Myelopathy; Review; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BABINSKI REFLEX; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUOROSIS; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KYPHOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STENOSIS; SUBLUXATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949166739     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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