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Cardiovascular Diseases > Vascular Diseases > Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases > Spinal Cord Ischemia
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Spinal Cord Diseases > Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases > Spinal Cord Ischemia

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Spinal Cord Ischemia  

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  • Ischemic Myelopathies
  • Ischemic Myelopathy
  • Myelopathies, Ischemic
  • Myelopathy, Ischemic

Scope note

  • Reduced blood flow to the spinal cord which is supplied by the anterior spinal artery and the paired posterior spinal arteries. This condition may be associated with ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, trauma, emboli, diseases of the aorta, and other disorders. Prolonged ischemia may lead to INFARCTION of spinal cord tissue.

History note

  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020760

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