Pathophysiology of cervical myelopathy (Review)
- Authors:
- George Fotakopoulos
- Vasiliki Epameinondas Georgakopoulou
- Ioannis G. Lempesis
- Petros Papalexis
- Pagona Sklapani
- Nikolaos Trakas
- Demetrios A. Spandidos
- Konstantinos Faropoulos
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Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, General University Hospital of Larissa, 41221 Larissa, Greece, Department of Pathophysiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, Unit of Endocrinology, First Department of Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece, Department of Biochemistry, Sismanogleio Hospital, 15126 Athens, Greece, Laboratory of Clinical Virology, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece, Department of Neurosurgery, Nicosia General Hospital, 2029 Nicosia, Cyprus - Published online on: September 25, 2023 https://doi.org/10.3892/br.2023.1666
- Article Number: 84
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Copyright: © Fotakopoulos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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