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Somatosensory evoked potentials were recorded in 53 patients with cervical myelopathy due to spondylosis (32) or ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (21). The overall abnormality rate was 68 per cent, and slightly higher in OPLL. P14 and N18 components were the most often affected, even in less severe cases, but the P23 and N30 components correlated well with the severity of myelopathy.
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Baba, H. et al. (1985). Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Cervical Myelopathy. In: Schramm, J., Jones, S.J. (eds) Spinal Cord Monitoring. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70687-5_35
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