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Spinal Cord
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
13 Dec 2009 
PURPOSE: To assess the rate of spinal cord toxicity in adolescents resulting from chemoradiotherapy of parameningeal sarcoma. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Of 152 patients with parameningeal sarcoma treated per the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) are commonly encountered in centers specializing in cerebrovascular diseases. Knowing the precise site of fistulous communication with the venous structures is essential in targeting the appropriate ... Read more...
30 Oct 2009 Foix-Alajouanine syndrome has become a well-known entity since its initial report in 1926. The traditional understanding of this clinical syndrome is as a progressive spinal cord venous thrombosis related to a spinal vascular lesion, resulting in ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Spinal Cord'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Increased vulnerability of the spinal cord to radiation or intrathecal chemotherapy during adolescence: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. 13 Dec 2009
- Asymptomatic spinal cord involvement in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
Nov 2009 - Angiographic computed tomography with selective microcatheterization in delineating surgical anatomy in the case of a dural arteriovenous fistula. Technical note. 30 Oct 2009
- Legacy and current understanding of the often-misunderstood Foix-Alajouanine syndrome. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
- Retrograde transport of a traditional Chinese medicine, alpha-trichosanthin, and its selective neural toxicity. 30 Oct 2009
- Central sensory-motor deficit after uneventful single-dose spinal morphine administration in a patient with preexisting migraine headaches. 30 Oct 2009
- The effect of a thoracic spinal block on fos expression in the lumbar spinal cord of the rat induced by a noxious electrical stimulus at the hindpaw. 30 Oct 2009
- Adaptive replanning strategies accounting for shrinkage in head and neck IMRT. 30 Oct 2009
- Patient with neuromyelitis optica and inflammatory demyelinating lesions comprising whole spinal cord from C2 level till conus: case report. 21 Oct 2009
- Evidence against AMPA receptor-lacking glutamatergic synapses in the superficial dorsal horn of the rat spinal cord. 19 Oct 2009
- Nitric oxide potentiation of locomotor activity in the spinal cord of the lamprey. 19 Oct 2009
- Protein kinase C mediates the synergistic interaction between agonists acting at alpha2-adrenergic and delta-opioid receptors in spinal cord. 19 Oct 2009
- Varicella zoster virus-associated polyradiculoneuritis. 18 Oct 2009
- Activated protein C therapy slows ALS-like disease in mice by transcriptionally inhibiting SOD1 in motor neurons and microglia cells. 17 Oct 2009
- Direct evidence for spinal cord involvement in placebo analgesia. 14 Oct 2009
- Innate and adaptive autoimmunity directed to the central nervous system. 13 Oct 2009
- Cytokines and CNS development. 13 Oct 2009
- Current challenges in glia-pain biology. 13 Oct 2009
- The stressed CNS: when glucocorticoids aggravate inflammation. 13 Oct 2009
- Harnessing immune alterations in neurodegenerative diseases. 13 Oct 2009
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Technical information about 'Spinal Cord'
Descriptor UI: D013116
Alternative terms: Spinal Cord; Cord, Spinal; Cords, Spinal; Spinal Cords;
Related Mesh Headings: Cordotomy; Motor Neurons; Myelography;
Allowable Qualifiers: pathology; physiology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; transplantation; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology; abnormalities; anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology;
Tree Number: A08.186.854;
Technical Notes: /radiogr permitted but consider MYELOGRAPHY; /surg: probably CORDOTOMY; inflammation = MYELITIS; coord IM with specific vertebrae (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord; do not confuse words containing "myel-" for spinal cord with "myel-" for bone marrow