Aortic dissection presenting as an acute cauda equina syndrome: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1430-1432

  Patel, Nilesh M ^a   Noel, Curtis R ^a   Weiner, Bradley K ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MORTALITY; NECK PAIN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0036704232     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200208000-00019     Document Type: Article

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