Two patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy presented with features suggesting syringomyelia. One patient had a Charcot joint of the wrist, and both had dissociated sensory loss in the upper limbs. The possible vascular basis of these central cord lesions is discussed.
Spinal cord tau pathology in cervical spondylotic myelopathy
โ Scribed by Hiroshi Shimizu; Akiyoshi Kakita; Hitoshi Takahashi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 708 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6322
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