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Epidemiology and pathogenesis of spinal cord syndromes due to adhesive arachnoiditis are discussed. The similarity of those syndromes with classical syringomyelias is pointed out. Two studies in Ethiopia indicate that in the majority of patients there is no benefit from treatment with antibiotics and steroids.
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Based on a preliminary report at the Fourth Annual Conference of Neurological Society of Kenya, Nairobi, 19 March 1977 as well as a further completed paper read at Xlllth Annual Medical Conference of the Ethiopian Medical Association, Addis Ababa, 26 May 1977.
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Jenik, F., Tekle-Haimanot, R. & Hamory, B. Non-traumatic adhesive arachnoiditis as a cause of spinal cord syndromes. Investigation on 507 patients. Spinal Cord 19, 140–154 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1981.31
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