Conservative Treatment of Acute Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Pahapill, Peter A ^a   Lownie, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WALKING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 0031836359     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100033795     Document Type: Article

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