Spinal cord compression by ectopic calcinosis in scleroderma

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 704-706

  Lima, Isabella Vargas de Souza ^a   Galrão, Liliana D'Almeida ^a   Maia, Thati Seixas Lima ^a   Santiago, Mittermayer Barreto ^a,b  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcinosis; Scleroderma; Spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; BARIUM ENEMA; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEATH; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCINOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 24944435581     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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