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Hereditary and Nutritional Disorders of the Spinal Cord

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Diseases of the Spinal Cord

Part of the book series: Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System ((CLIN.MED.NERV.))

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The existence of numerous uncommon but fascinating disorders contributes to the joy and the frustration of the study of neurology. Hereditary disorders affecting the spinal cord are uncommon, incompletely understood and many lack autopsy confirmation of lesions directly affecting the spinal cord. By their very nature nutritional disorders resulting from vitamin deficiency tend to have widespread effects on the nervous system and often features of peripheral nerve involvement overshadow those caused by central nervous system damage. The conditions described here are those in which spinal cord involvement is considered to be a major component of the disease process.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, PR2 4HT, Preston, Lancashire, UK

    Edmund Critchley DM, FRCP (Consultant Neurologist) (Consultant Neurologist)

  2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E3, Canada

    Andrew Eisen MD, FRCP(C) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit)

  3. Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 4E3, Canada

    Andrew Eisen MD, FRCP(C) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit) (Professor of Medicine (Neurology), Head of the Neuromuscular Disease Unit)

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Pentland, B. (1992). Hereditary and Nutritional Disorders of the Spinal Cord. In: Critchley, E., Eisen, A. (eds) Diseases of the Spinal Cord. Clinical Medicine and the Nervous System. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3353-7_20

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