Acute Paraplegia. A Rare Complication of Aortic Dissection;Paraplegia Aguda. Uma Complicação Rara da Dissecção Aórtica

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-278

  De Lacerda, Renato Côrtes ^a,b   Andrea, Patricia Bernard ^a   Neto, Evaristo Machado ^a   De Figueiredo, Carlos Baptista ^a   Teixeira, Alfredo Brasil ^a   De Carvalho, Paulo Cézar Monteiro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GERAL DE BONSUCESSO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARAPLEGIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARAPLEGIA;

EID: 2442587826     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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