Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in a 14-year-old girl: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 216-218

  Rosenberg, Oded ^a   Itshayek, Eyal ^a   Israel, Zvi ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Spinal epidural hematoma; Spontaneous hematoma

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037235042     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069091     Document Type: Article

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