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Nerve root

Known as: nerve roots, nerves root, nerves roots 
One of the two bundles of nerve fibers (dorsal and ventral roots) emerging from the spinal cord that join to form each spinal nerve.
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CDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyNerve Root NeoplasmPeripheral Nerves

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Root of cranial nerveSpinal nerve root structure

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2005
2005
Case report and description of operative technique
U Chordomas are locally aggressive neoplasms with an extremely high propensity to recur locally following resection, despite… 
1989
1989
Outcome of Implanted Spinal Cord Stimulations in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: Arachnoiditis Versus Single Nerve Root Injury and Mononeuropathy Brief Clinical Report
Over a 31/2-year period, a series of 20 chronic pain patients with back pain and with documented organic difficulties were… 
1983
1983
Bursting neurons command consummatory feeding behavior and coordinated visceral receptivity in the predatory mollusk Pleurobranchaea
The identification of central neuronal loci that command complex and coordinated behavioral expression offers the opportunity to… 
1982
1982
Chemoreception and mechanoreception in the gastropod molluscPleurobranchaea californica
Summary1.Sensory reception in the molluscPleurobranchaea californica was studied in whole animals and surgically reduced… 
1977
1977
Traumatic lumbosacral meningocele. Case report.
A case of traumatic avulsion of the L-5 and S-1 nerve roots is described. Surgical intervention was undertaken and long-term… 
1969
1969
Redundant nerve roots in the cauda equina. Case report.
1968
1968
Redundant nerve roots as a cause of complete myelographic block. Case report.
1967
1967
Radical surgical approach to spinal tuberculosis.
1. The results are recorded of radical excisional surgery for spinal tuberculosis in eighty-five patients. 2. Clinically… 
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
DISEASE
Background: Little is known about patients who frequently visit the emergency department (ED) for acute exacerbation of chronic… 
Review
1933
Review
1933
SOLITARY NEUROFIBROMA OF THE PHARYNX
Tumors originating from the nervous system or containing nerve elements and presenting within the oral cavity or pharynx…