Spontaneous epidural haematoma presenting as cord compression in a patient receiving clopidogrel [1]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 811-812

  Seet, Raymond Chee Seong ^a   Lim, E C H ^a   Wilder Smith, E P V ^a   Ong, B K C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Cord compression; Spontaneous epidural haematoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAMINECTOMY; LETTER; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VEIN RUPTURE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 27144483893     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2005.01057.x     Document Type: Letter

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