Spinal cord infarction secondary to nucleus pulposus embolization in pregnancy

Modern Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-124

  Uppal, Shweta ^a   Dash, Subasini ^a   Sharer, Leroy ^a   Lambert, William Clark ^a   Heller, Debra S ^a   Pullicino, Patrick ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarction; Intervertebral disk; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MYELITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INFARCTION;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 27844494756     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800037     Document Type: Article

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