Psychogenic paraplegia in a patient with normal electrophysiologic findings

Spinal Cord

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 664-667

  Haghighi, S S ^a   Meyer, S ^a  

^a SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Median nerve; Posterior tibial nerve; Psychogenic paraplegia; Somatosensory evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINE RETENTION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035213704     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101205     Document Type: Article

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