Hirayama disease: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 629-634

  Lin, Muh Shi ^a,b,c   Kung, Woon Man ^a,b   Chiu, Wen Ta ^d,e   Lyu, Rong Kuo ^g   Chen, Chi Jen ^e   Chen, Tzu Yung ^f  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei County Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c School of Medicine   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical flexion myelopathy; Dynamic MR imaging; Hirayama disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HIRAYAMA DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NECK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NECK; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953932868     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.SPINE09431     Document Type: Article

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