Regression of vasomotor disorders under intrathecal baclofen in a case of spastic paraplegia

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 370-372

  Rode, G ^a,c   Mertens, P ^b   Beneton, C ^a   Schmitt, M ^d   Boisson, D ^a  

^a Serv de Reeducation N H C de L   (France)

^b Departement de Neurochirurgie   (France)

^c Hopital Henry Gabrielle   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Autonomic dysfunction; GABA(B); Intrathecal baclofen; Spasticity; Spinal cord; Substantia gelatinosa; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; MALE; MINIPUMP; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URGE INCONTINENCE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EID: 0033053044     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100838     Document Type: Article

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