Paraplegia following post-traumatic thoracic spinal stenosis: A case report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-85

  Farooq, Mohammad T ^a   Chao, Tsai ^a   Bennett, Mark ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ETIOLOGY; FALLING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0030026524     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90226-9     Document Type: Article

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