Complete recovery of Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality and traumatic brachial plexopathy in a young infant falling from a 30-feet-high window

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-115

  Lee, Chien Chang ^a   Lee, Sie Huei ^b   Yo, Chia Hung ^a   Lee, Wang Tso ^a   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance image; Pediatric fall; SCIWORA; Spinal cord injury; Traumatic brachial plexus injury

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FALLING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 32244444067     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090466     Document Type: Article

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