Nontraumatic spinal epidural hematoma associated with clopidogrel

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 210-212

  Karabatsou, K ^a   Sinha, A ^a   Das, K ^a   Rainov, Nikolai G ^b,c  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Epidural; Hematoma; Spinal

Indexed keywords

CLOPIDOGREL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; BACK PAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PARAPLEGIA; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SPINE; TICLOPIDINE; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33845634319     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-933536     Document Type: Article

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