Myelopathy as a complication of intrathecal drug infusion systems

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 286-287

  Knox, Stephen ^a   Atkinson, Richard P ^a   Stephens, Roger ^a   Coffey, Robert J ^a   Zusman, Edie E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; HYDROMORPHONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG INFUSION; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33846977740     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.2.286     Document Type: Article

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