Cauda equina syndrome in pregnancy

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-148

  Reihani Kermani, Hamed ^a  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Lumbar disc disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MICTURITION DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NULLIPARA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0041471141     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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