Neurogenic claudication, a delayed complication of a retained bullet

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 910-914

  Kuijlen, Jos M ^a   Herpers, Marcel J ^a   Beuls, Emiel A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bullet; delayed symptoms; gunshot wound; neurogenic claudication; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY;

ADULT; FOREIGN BODIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; SPINAL CANAL; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0030944202     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704150-00015     Document Type: Article

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