Higher incidence of cervical spinal cord compression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a single-institute cohort study.

Kosuke MatsuzonoMasayuki SuzukiKumiko MiuraTadashi OzawaTakafumi MashikoReiji KoideRyota TanakaShigeru Fujimoto

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)

Of the three disease groups, the proportion of CSM was highest in ALS patients. Furthermore, cervical cord conditions were significantly more crowded in the ALS patients than in the other patient groups.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
spinal cord
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
risk factors