Painless aortic dissection presenting as high paraplegia: A case report

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1436-1438

  Donovan, Eileen M ^a   Seidel, Geoffrey K ^a   Cohen, Alberto ^a  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Case report; Dissecting; Paraplegia; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; D DIMER; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE;

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; TENDON REFLEX;

EID: 0033775775     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2000.7158     Document Type: Article

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