Subacute clinical onset of postraumatic myelopathy

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 799-804

  Visocchi, Massimiliano ^a   Di Rocco, F ^a   Meglio, M ^a   Bolger, C ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Spinal cord injury; Subacute neurological deterioration; Vascular spinal insult

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; X RAY;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141452141     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0082-6     Document Type: Article

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