Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18156052›Full record

ReviewNeurosurgery clinics of North America2008

Inflammatory and dysplastic lesions involving the spine.

Adam S Kanter, Jay Jagannathan, Christopher I Shaffrey, Jean A Ouellet, Praveen V Mummaneni

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Review in Neurosurgery clinics of North America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Adam S KanterDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, University of California San Francisco Spine Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue, M-779, Box 0112, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
Jay Jagannathan
Christopher I Shaffrey
Jean A Ouellet
Praveen V Mummaneni

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysplastic lesions of the spinal column include a wide spectrum of disorders that can occur secondary to metabolic, degenerative, and inflammatory processes. The clinical presentations are highly variable, depending on the location of the lesion and the extent of the systemic disease process. Common signs and symptoms include pain, scoliosis, myelopathy, and weakness. Surgical decision making is based on patient status, comorbidities, and extent of disease.

Indexed as

Back PainBone Diseases, DevelopmentalHumansMuscle WeaknessNeurosurgical ProceduresOsteitisScoliosisSpinal Cord DiseasesSpinal DiseasesSpine

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PMID18156052

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