Non-traumatic paraplegis in a Zimbabwean population - A retrospective survey

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 114-119

  Parry, O ^a   Bhebhe, E ^b   Levy, L F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b National Rehabilitation Centre   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS; ZIMBABWE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0041413197     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v45i5.8466     Document Type: Article

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