Paraplegia due to medullary ischemia after repair of coarctation of the aorta in an infant;Paraplegie par ischemie medullaire apres cure chirurgicale d'une coarctation de l'aorte

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 633-636

  Vanhulle, C ^a   Durand, I ^a   Tron, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Paraplegia; Sortic coarctation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; ISCHEMIA; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SPINAL CORD; VASCULARIZATION;

AORTIC COARCTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032103179     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(98)80168-1     Document Type: Article

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