Evidence of an inherited predisposition for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-29

  Patel, Alpesh A ^a   Spiker, William Ryan ^a   Daubs, Michael ^a   Brodke, Darrel S ^a   Cannon Albright, Lisa A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spondylosis; familial predisposition; genetics; inheritance; myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENEALOGY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 84655168099     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182102ede     Document Type: Article

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