Spinal grey matter infarction after aortic surgery: A case of persistent pure flaccid paraplegia

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 345-347

  Gallitto, Giuseppe ^a   La Spina, Paolino ^a   Granata, Francesca ^a   Quartarone, Angelo ^a   Savica, Rodolfo ^a   Musolino, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA SURGERY; AORTOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GRAY MATTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 18644380851     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085130     Document Type: Article

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