Defining the line between hydromyelia and syringomyelia. A differentiation is possible based on electrophysiological and magnetic resonance imaging studies

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-219

  Roser, Florian ^a   Ebner, Florian H ^a   Sixt, Carolin ^a   Hagen, Jennifer Müller V ^a   Tatagiba, Marcos S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Hydromyelia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Silent periods; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949275869     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0427-x     Document Type: Article

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