Neuromyelitis optica after a spinal anaesthesia with bupivacaine

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 526-528

  Hosseini, Hassan ^a   Brugieres, P ^b   Degos, J D ^a   Cesaro, P ^a  

^a Neurology Department   (France)

^b Neuroradiology Department   (France)

Author keywords

Bupivacaine; Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Spinal anaesthesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; INTRACUTANEOUS TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PATHOGENESIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SWEATING;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 0142123544     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458503ms942cr     Document Type: Article

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