PROGRESSIVE SPINAL CORD DISEASE
- 5 May 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 146 (1) , 10-12
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1951.03670010014003
Abstract
The striking similarity between the signs and symptoms of certain diffuse degenerative disorders of the spinal cord and those due to herniation of cervical intervertebral disks was first emphasized by Stookey in 1928 and again in 1940.1 Confirmation of these observations has come from many sources. The means whereby midline pressure may produce such syndromes was described by Kahn in 1947.2 Bucy and his associates reviewed the subject in 19483 and presented four cases of herniation of cervical intervertebral disk simulating such degenerative disorders of the spinal cord. Den Hartog Jager and Moffie in 19494 reported nine patients with similar cases treated during the preceding nine years in the neurological clinic at the Wilhelmina-Gasthuis, Amsterdam University. In spite of these reports, too little attention has been paid to this important subject. The purpose of this report is to reemphasize the necessity for the early recognition andKeywords
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