Isolated degeneration of the posterior column as a distinct entity-A clinical and electrophysiologic follow-up study

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-212

  Kastrup, O ^a   Timman, D ^a   Diener, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degenerative; Electrophysiology; Posterior column ataxia; Sensory neuronopathy

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT MALFORMATION; HEAD; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; ISOLATED DEGENERATION OF THE POSTERIOR COLUMN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PES CAVUS DEFORMITY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINE; SYMPATHETIC SKIN RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TRANSCORTICAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ATAXIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DEFORMITIES; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77249113161     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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