Diseases

Spinal Cord Diseases

Pathologic conditions which feature SPINAL CORD damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord. Traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, infections, and inflammatory/autoimmune processes may affect the spinal cord.

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Abstract

Pathologic conditions which feature SPINAL CORD damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord. Traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, infections, and inflammatory/autoimmune processes may affect the spinal cord.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Myelopathy
  • Spinal Cord Disorders
  • Myelopathies
  • Spinal Cord Disease
  • Spinal Cord Disorder

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coord IM with specific vertebrae (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord; inflamm dis of spinal cord= MYELITIS

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History Note

1966

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NLM Classification

WL 402

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spinal Cord Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013118. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013118
  2. Spinal Cord Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelopathy
  3. Spinal Cord Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303951