| 11. | The nerve growth factors were given to rats whose nerve roots had been crushed.
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| 12. | Thus, a C5 / 6 disc hernia will normally affect the C6 nerve root.
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| 13. | Hunsicker said additional tests last week showed there was pressure on a nerve root.
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| 14. | These symptoms are compatible with a spinal cord or nerve root contusion, said Ordia.
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| 15. | If the L5 nerve root is involved, the most common cause is a herniated disc.
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| 16. | Foraminal stenosis at this joint is the most common cause of cervical nerve root pressure.
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| 17. | "Basically, ( the MRI showed ) that where the nerve root comes out, it's pinched,"
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| 18. | These nerve roots are called according to the spinal vertebrata which they are adjacent to.
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| 19. | This procedure is usually performed when decompression of more than one nerve root is needed.
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| 20. | Dermatomal distributions are lines on the skin surface following the distribution of spinal nerve roots.
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