Intracranial penetration of a halo pin causing an epileptic seizure

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1654-1655

  Kingma, Rene ^a   Peters, J M ^a   Coene, L N J E M ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SWELLING;

AGED; BONE NAILS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33845779021     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B12.17562     Document Type: Article

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