Degenerative cervical myelopathy.
Rev Neurol (Paris)
; 177(5): 490-497, 2021 May.
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ABSTRACT
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) frequently leads to severe neurologic disability but is still frequently underdiagnosed. One explanation may be the variability of the symptoms presented by the patients, from paresthesia to quadriplegia, making it another great masquerader. What do we know? How can we manage better these patients? We will review the keys points concerning its challenging diagnosis (clinical and radiologic), some of the recent discoveries about DCM, notably the underlying genetic mutations identified, linked to its pathophysiology, before addressing the consensual points concerning its management and the major evolutive risk acute decompensation.
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Doenças da Medula Espinal
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Vértebras Cervicais
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En
Ano de publicação:
2021
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