Acute paraplegia following chiropractic therapy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 578-581

  Wang, Che Chuan ^a   Kuo, Jinn Rung ^a   Chio, Chung Ching ^a   Tsai, Tsung Chia ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abscess; Chiropractic therapy; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GADOLINIUM; OXACILLIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLADDER DISTENSION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACIC SPINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; PARAPLEGIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33744926477     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.03.041     Document Type: Article

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