Foix-Alajouanine syndrome: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 2 B, 2005, Pages 527-529

  Bordignon, Kelly C ^a,b   Montú, María Belén ^a   Ramina, Ricardo ^a   Arruda, Walter Oleschko ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROLOGIA DE CURITIBA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AV fistula; Paraplegia; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG PAIN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUBACUTE NECROTIC MYELITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 21744441621     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2005000300030     Document Type: Article

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