High voltage electrical injury leading to a delayed onset tetraplegia, with recovery

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 888, Issue , 1999, Pages 131-136

  Breugem, C C ^a   Van Hertum, W ^a   Groenevelt, F ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC INJURY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 0032786133     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07950.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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