Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord: Description, Diagnosis.
Brief overview Diagnosis: Physical examination (reflexes), magnetic resonance imaging, blood and nerve tests, Schilling test (measurement of vitamin B12 uptake). Symptoms: At the beginning, often insensitivity in both legs, disturbed sense of position, vibration and touch, unsteadiness of gait; later also spastic paralysis of legs and arms; abnormal reflexes, mental disorders, “pernicious anemia” Causes: Damage … Subacute Combined Degeneration of the Spinal Cord: Description, Diagnosis.
