Nationwide survey on the epidemiology of syringomyelia in Japan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 313, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 147-152

  Sakushima, Ken ^a   Tsuboi, Satoshi ^b   Yabe, Ichiro ^a   Hida, Kazutoshi ^a   Terae, Satoshi ^c   Uehara, Ritei ^b   Nakano, Imaharu ^b   Sasaki, Hidenao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory prevalence; Epidemiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Nationwide survey; Postal survey; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYRINGOMYELIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855585372     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.08.045     Document Type: Article

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