The changing pattern of spinal arachnoiditis.
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The changing pattern of spinal arachnoiditis.
Spinal arachnoiditis is a rare condition. Eighty cases, diagnosed during a period when 7600 spinal contrast investigations were undertaken, have been reviewed. The majority had suffered a previous spinal condition, the most common being lumbar disc disease. There has been a change in the distribution of arahnoiditis with the lumbar region now most frequently involved. This accounts for the pers...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.41.2.97