• Myelopathy describes any neurologic deficit related to the spinal cord. The most common form of myelopathy in humans, cervical spondylotic myelopathy...
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    Canine degenerative myelopathy, also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy, is an incurable, progressive disease of the canine spinal cord that...
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    Surfer's myelopathy is a rare, nontraumatic spinal cord injury caused by hyperextension of the back and resulting in paraplegia (paralysis below the waist)...
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    pressure on the spinal cord (typically in the cervical spine) may result in myelopathy, characterized by global weakness, gait dysfunction, loss of balance,...
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  • Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM) is a disorder characterised by the age-related deterioration of the cervical spinal cord. Referred to be a range...
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    pallidum Myelopathy Lymphatic system Neuropathy Oh, Unsong; Jacobson, Steven (23 December 2016). "Treatment of HTLV-I-Associated Myelopathy / Tropical...
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    Tabes dorsalis Other names Syphilitic myelopathy Axial section of the spinal cord showing syphilitic destruction (whitened area, upper center) of the posterior...
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    well characterized are adult T-cell lymphoma (ATL) and HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/Tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), both of which are only diagnosed...
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    dangerous by compressing the spinal cord. Cervical canal stenosis may lead to myelopathy, a serious condition causing symptoms including major body weakness and...
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    neurological problems including myelopathy, peripheral neuropathy, and optic neuropathy. Copper deficiency myelopathy in humans was discovered and first...
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  • causes of myelopathy. Inflammation, illness, and neurodegenerative, nutritional, and vascular disorders can also contribute to myelopathy. Quantitative...
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  • Vascular myelopathy (vascular disease of the spinal cord) refers to an abnormality of the spinal cord in regard to its blood supply. The blood supply is...
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    approximately 13 months. Of patients without myelopathy at initial presentation, only 29% of them will develop myelopathy within 30 years. The age range of patients...
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  • myelitis, Behçet disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, trauma, radiation myelopathy, vitamin B12 deficiency (subacute combined degeneration), compression...
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    Spinal cord compression is a form of myelopathy in which the spinal cord is compressed. Causes can be bone fragments from a vertebral fracture, a tumor...
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    Vascular myelopathy "Foix-Alajouanine syndrome". Orphanet. Mishra R, Kaw R (May 2005). "Foix–Alajouanine syndrome: an uncommon cause of myelopathy from an...
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    neural elements is a key component in treating spinal radiculopathy, myelopathy and claudication. When a single spinal nerve root is compressed, the resulting...
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    altered sensation that patients reported. The term 'acute transverse myelopathy' has since emerged as an acceptable synonym for 'transverse myelitis'...
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    including: Inflammatory myopathy Type III von Willebrand's disease Necrotising myelopathy Renal dysplasia Patellar luxation Ataxia A Dutch study of 842 dogs found...
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    Shepherd Dog is one of the breeds more commonly affected by degenerative myelopathy, which is caused by a mutation in the SOD1 gene. A small study in the...
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    In 2019, Kotter co-founded the charity Myelopathy.org to provide information on Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. In 2018, Kotter co-founded the cultured...
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    vitamin B12 deficiency Central pontine myelinolysis Myelopathies such as tabes dorsalis (syphilitic myelopathy) Leukoencephalopathies such as progressive multifocal...
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    dysplasia. Responsible breeders have DNA testing performed for degenerative myelopathy and an eye disease called primary lens luxation, although neither is common...
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  • listed above, as well as equine wobbles anemia and cervical vertebral myelopathy, spinal cord compression (sometimes referred to colloquially among horse...
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    Ridgeback is one of the breeds more commonly affected by degenerative myelopathy. The condition is caused by an autosomal recessive mutation in the SOD1...
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  • the diagnosis is radiculopathy if the lesion is at the nerve root, or myelopathy if at the spinal cord itself. Intervertebral disc Spinal disc herniation...
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  • the context of ulnar neuropathy is what Wartenberg described. Cervical myelopathy most commonly due to mechanical compression of the spinal cord in the...
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  • spondylosis w/o myelopathy 721.1 Cervical spondylosis, w/myelopathy 721.2 Thoracic spondylosis w/o myelopathy 721.3 Lumbosacral spondylosis w/o myelopathy 721.4...
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    alternative to cervical laminectomy, which is used to treat cervical myelopathy. Laminoplasty reconstructs the vertebral lamina to decompress the spinal...
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    intrathecal route (directly into the cerebrospinal fluid), which include myelopathies and leukoencephalopathies. It has a variety of cutaneous side effects...
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