Cauda equina syndrome and dural ectasia: Rare manifestations in chronic ankylosing spondylitis

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1002, 2011, Pages

  Liu, C C ^a   Lin, Y C ^a   Lo, Chung Ping ^a,b   Chang, T P ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HEMOGLOBIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DURAL ECTASIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNTING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHUNTING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956360996     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/45816561     Document Type: Article

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