Quadriplegia following grand mal seizures

Injury

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 626-629

  Kumar, S K ^a   Freeman, B J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032851138     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00156-4     Document Type: Article

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