The natural history of cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Matz, Paul G ^a,l   Anderson, Paul A ^b   Holly, Langston T ^d   Groff, Michael W ^e   Heary, Robert F ^f   Kaiser, Michael G ^g   Mummaneni, Praveen V ^h   Ryken, Timothy C ⁱ   Choudhri, Tanvir F ^j   Vresilovic, Edward J ^k   Resnick, Daniel K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^j MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l Neurosurgery and Neurology LLC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Myelopathy; Natural history; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN NECROSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GRAY MATTER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STENOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 68249085765     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.SPINE08716     Document Type: Review

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