Drop foot as a complication of acupuncture injury and intragluteal injection

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 52-59

  Sobel, Ellen ^a   Huang, Emily Y ^b   Wieting, Christopher B ^b  

^a NEW YORK COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0031066681     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-87-2-52     Document Type: Article

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