Spinal cord diseases are a heterogeneous group of conditions that cause damage or dysfunction of the spinal cord. They include infections, inflammatory disorders, vascular diseases and disorders ...

For some patients, this means short-term paralysis. For others, there will be a permanent loss of function. The signs of spinal cord injury can appear in a variety of places in the body. Symptoms can ...

Paraneoplastic syndromes happen when the immune system's cancer-fighting agents mistakenly attack portions of the muscle, peripheral nerves, spinal cord, or brain. The symptoms are wide-ranging ...

If youve experienced physical trauma and have trouble moving your neck you may have a spinal cord injury Here’s what to do ...

The resulting decrease in myelin leads to the symptoms of MS. Read on to learn more about MS and spinal cord lesions, including the link between myelin and lesions, how doctors detect lesions on ...

A team of researchers in Japan says two of four patients who received transplantation of special stem cells showed motor ...

Spinal Cord Series and Cases: Clinical Management in Spinal Cord Disorders is an international, online-only journal which publishes high quality case reports, small case series, pilot and ...

Turner syndrome [missing or abnormal (not normal) X chromosome] Sex cord stromal tumors are an even rarer type of ovarian or testicular tumor. Most often, they form in people under age 30. Sex cord ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC ... to treatment directly correlates with early recognition of the signs and symptoms of SCC. Treatment includes administration of corticosteroids, radiation therapy ...