Delayed onset of generalized tonic-clonic seizures as a complication of halo orthosis: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 233-235

  Nottmeier, Eric William ^a   Bondurant, Charles Palmer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Halo; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY REACTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PARIETAL LOBE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034072415     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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