Accidental penetrating cervical cord injury in a young child

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 428-431

  Vadasz, Andrew G ^a,c   Torres, Carlos F ^a   Chang, Ja Kwei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

accidental penetrating injury; Cervical cord injury; cruciate paralysis; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LACERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; GLASS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK INJURIES; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0030447137     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199612000-00011     Document Type: Article

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