Acute painless progressive quadriplegia associated with warfarin use [1]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 799-800

  Robbins, Matthew ^a   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; WARFARIN;

AGED; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; WARFARIN;

EID: 34247611090     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01142.x     Document Type: Letter

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