Ascending myelopathy in the early stage of spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 617-623

  Aito, S ^a   El Masry, W S ^b   Gerner, H J ^c   Di Lorenzo, N ^d   Pellicano G ^d   D'Andrea, M ^a   Fromm, B ^c   Freund, M ^c  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Robert Jones Agnes Hunt Orthoped D   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascending myelopathy; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NADROPARIN;

ADULT; ARM; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYRINGOMYELIA; THEORY; VASCULAR DISEASE; X RAY;

EID: 0032863548     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100872     Document Type: Article

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