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Spinal Cord Involvement in Heritable Skeletal Dysplasias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

A.B. Todorov ,
S.E. Kopits  and
G.B. Udvarhelyi
A.B. Todorov*
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
S.E. Kopits
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
G.B. Udvarhelyi
Affiliation:
Department of Neurological Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
*
Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Abstract

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The neurological complications encountered in selected heritable skeletal dysplasias are described. The neurologic deficit may be caused by static (localized spinal cord compression; small spinal canal syndrome) or dynamic (atlantoaxial dislocation) involvement of the spinal cord. The neurologic symptoms have to be recognized early, as neurosurgical management is possible and may definitely improve the neurological condition.

Type
5. Free Contributions: First Group
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 23 , supplement S1 , January 1974 , pp. 181 - 186
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1974

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