Cauda equina syndrome in ankylosing spondylitis: Successful treatment with lumboperitoneal shunting

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Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2010, Pages

  Ea, Hang Korng ^a,b   Lioté, Frédéric ^a,b   Lot, Guillaume ^a,c   Bardin, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

ankylosing spondylitis; cauda equina syndrome; cerebrospinal fluid; dural sac enlargement; lumboperitoneal shunt; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649450223     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181e8fdd6     Document Type: Article

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