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Spinal Cord Disorders

Spinal Cord Disorders: Introduction

Spinal Cord Disorders: Any condition that affects the spinal cord. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Spinal Cord Disorders is available below.

Symptoms of Spinal Cord Disorders

• Back pain
• Leg pain
• Hip pain
• Spinal deformity
• Abnormal spinal curvature
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 14 symptoms of Spinal Cord Disorders

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Spinal Cord Disorders:

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Spinal Cord Disorders?

• Misdiagnosis of Spinal Cord Disorders

Spinal Cord Disorders: Related Patient Stories

• Retethered Spinal Cord
• 'spot' on spinal cord causing tingling
• retethered spinal cord
• Spinal Cord Fistula - rare condition
• Hardening of the spinal cord

Spinal Cord Disorders: Deaths

Read more about Deaths and Spinal Cord Disorders.

Types of Spinal Cord Disorders

• Spinal Cord Injury
• Paralysis
• Spinal stenosis
• Paraplegia
• Quadraplegia (type of Paralysis)
• more types...»

See full list of 207 Types of Spinal Cord Disorders

Spinal Cord Disorders: Complications

Read more about complications of Spinal Cord Disorders.

Causes of Spinal Cord Disorders

• Anterior spinal artery syndrome
• Smith-McCort dysplasia
• HIV-1 disease
• Spondylosis
• Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen dysplasia
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Spinal Cord Disorders

Read more about causes of Spinal Cord Disorders.

Disease Topics Related To Spinal Cord Disorders

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Spinal Cord Disorders:

• Peripheral neuropathy
• Bone fracture
• Nerve injury
• Diabetes
• Spinal cord diseases
• more related diseases...»

Spinal Cord Disorders: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Spinal Cord Disorders

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Spinal Cord Disorders: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Spinal Specialists:
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
• more specialists...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Spinal Cord Disorders

Medical research articles related to Spinal Cord Disorders include:

• Ogilvie Syndrome (Overview)
• Urological Management in Neurological Disease (Overview)
• Diaphragm Disorders (Follow-up)
• Diaphragm Disorders (Diagnosis)
• Lumbar Puncture
• Incontinence, Urinary: Comprehensive Review of Medical and Surgical Aspects (Overview)
• Hypertensive Emergencies (Overview)
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Spinal Cord Disorders: Animations

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Research about Spinal Cord Disorders

Visit our research pages for current research about Spinal Cord Disorders treatments.

Clinical Trials for Spinal Cord Disorders

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Spinal Cord Disorders include:

• Evaluation and Treatment of Patients Spinal Blood Vessel Abnormalities - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Recombinant Human Interferon Beta-1a (Avonex) for the Treatment of Patients With HTLV-1-Associated Myelopathy (HAM) - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Assessment of Patients With Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Study of "Post-Polio Syndrome" - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation of the Human Brain - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 195 Clinical Trials for Spinal Cord Disorders

Statistics for Spinal Cord Disorders

• Medical statistics for Spinal Cord Disorders
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Spinal Cord Disorders
• Death and Mortality statistics for Spinal Cord Disorders
• Society statistics for Spinal Cord Disorders

Spinal Cord Disorders: Broader Related Topics

• Spinal conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Back conditions
• more types...»

Types of Spinal Cord Disorders

Spinal Cord Disorders Message Boards

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• Tell us your medical story.
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• What is the best treatment for this?
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Definitions of Spinal Cord Disorders:

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. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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