Paraparesis as the major initial presentation of aortic dissection: Report of four cases

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 192-197

  Hsu, Yung Chu ^a   Lin, Chou Ching K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Paraparesis; Spinal cord ischemia

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS;

EID: 11244356658     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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