Spinal cord compression in beta-thalassemia: Case report and review of the literature

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-123

  Salehi, S A ^a,b   Koski, T ^a   Ondra, S L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Hematopoiesis; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; IRON OVERLOAD; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOFIBROSIS; MYELOID METAPLASIA; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSSIFICATION; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STENOSIS; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BONE MARROW; CHORISTOMA; DEXAMETHASONE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342280392     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101544     Document Type: Review

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