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La enfermedad de la columna cervical es generalmente causada por hernias de los discos intervertebrales, por crecimiento anormal de prominencias óseas sobre los cuerpos intervertebrales (osteofitos), los cuales comprimen los nervios espinales, por trauma o por estrechamiento (estenosis) de la columna dorsal alrededor de la médula espinal.
Algunos síntomas de los problemas de la columna cervical son:

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