Intraspinal hemorrhage complicating oral anticoagulant therapy: An unusual case of cervical hematomyelia and a review of the literature

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-240

  Pullarkat, Vinod A ^a,b,c   Kalapura, Thomachan ^a   Pincus, Martin ^a   Baskharoun, Rawya ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0034707619     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.2.237     Document Type: Article

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