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A Brief History of Syringomyelia

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Syringomyelia

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The history of syringomyelia is considered from the original observation of the entity, the theories of pathogenesis, and the history of the development of treatment modalities.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, 90095-6901, CA, USA

    Ulrich Batzdorf

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe University, Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan

    Norihiko Tamaki M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) & Tatsuya Nagashima M.D., Ph.D. (Lecturer, Chief) (Professor and Chairman) &  (Lecturer, Chief)

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, 90095, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Ulrich Batzdorf M.D. (Professor and Director of Spine Surgery) (Professor and Director of Spine Surgery)

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children’s Hospital, 1-1-1 Takakura-dai, Suma-ku, 654-0081, Kobe, Japan

    Tatsuya Nagashima M.D., Ph.D. (Lecturer, Chief) (Lecturer, Chief)

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Batzdorf, U. (2001). A Brief History of Syringomyelia. In: Tamaki, N., Batzdorf, U., Nagashima, T. (eds) Syringomyelia. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-67893-9_1

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