Brainstem stroke following uncomplicated cervical epidural steroid injection

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1643-1646

  Ziai, Wendy C ^a,b   Ardelt, Agnieszka A ^a   Llinas, Rafael H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PAIN;

EID: 33750980959     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.11.1643     Document Type: Article

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