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Review
. 2007 Mar 10;334(7592):527-31.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39127.608299.80.

Cervical spondylosis and neck pain

Allan I Binder  1
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Review

Cervical spondylosis and neck pain

Allan I Binder. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

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Fig 1 Oblique radiograph of the cervical spine in a patient with cervical spondylosis showing loss of disc height, anterior osteophytosis, and narrowing of the foramina
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Fig 2 Magnetic resonance imaging scan of the cervical spine showing the loss of disc height and signal from several discs with multisegmental spondylotic bars. Protrusion of the C5/6 disc results in compression of the cervical cord, which shows associated myelopathic changes
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Fig 3 Dermatomal distribution of cervical and upper thoracic nerves
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Comment in

  • Dizziness is not diagnostic.
    Cooper NA. Cooper NA. BMJ. 2007 Mar 24;334(7594):600. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39156.530949.FA. BMJ. 2007. PMID: 17379871 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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