Presumed venous infarction in spinal decompression sickness

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1578-1580

  Manabe, Yasuhiro ^a   Sakai, Kenichi ^a   Kashihara, Kenichi ^a   Shohmori, Toshikiyo ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; VEINS;

EID: 0032231758     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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