Brown-Sequard syndrome after blunt cervical spine trauma: Clinical and radiological correlations

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1165-1170

  Miranda, Pablo ^a   Gomez, Pedro ^b   Alday, Rafael ^b   Kaen, Ariel ^b   Ramos, Ana ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown Sequard; Cervical spine trauma; MRI; Prognosis; Spinal cord Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 36148996470     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0345-7     Document Type: Article

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