Effect of apolipoprotein E genotype on the outcome after anterior cervical decompression and fusion in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 659-666

  Setzer, Matthias ^a,b   Vrionis, Frank D ^b   Hermann, Elvis J ^a,c   Seifert, Volker ^a   Marquardt, Gerhard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Apolipoprotein E polymorphism; Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; Outcome; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249126034     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.SPINE08667     Document Type: Article

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