Pediatric care report of spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA): Case report and literature review

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Ergun, A ^a   Oder, W ^a  

^a AUVA Soziale Unfallversicherung   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal artery infarction; Pediatric traumatic myelopathy; SCIWORA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; CHILD; DATA BASE; INSURANCE; LITERATURE; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CHILD; DATABASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVIEW LITERATURE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0037396576     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101442     Document Type: Article

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