Embolic spinal cord infarction as a presentation of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-60

  Fairhead, J F ^a   Phillips, D ^a   Handa, Ashok ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LEG DISEASE; MALE; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RASH; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; URINE RETENTION; FAT EMBOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD; THROMBOSIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; PARALYSIS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 14144255376     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.2.59     Document Type: Article

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