Gentle cervical hyperextension causing quadriplegia in an older man with symptomatic cervical spondylosis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-209

  Greene, Karl A ^a   Gorman, Warren F ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c  

^a Department of Pharmaceutical Care Services   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULOPATHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0031941932     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02541.x     Document Type: Article

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