Acute paraplegia secondary to painless aortic dissection;Paraplejía aguda secundaria a la disección indolora de la aorta

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-154

  De Oliveira Barbosa, Marcílio Diogo ^a   Cortez, P R ^a   Da Silva, R S ^a   Protzenko Cervante, T ^a   De Vuono, E T ^a   Ribeiro, E J ^a   Garcia, F A ^a   Neves, F F ^a   Silva, M C ^a   Pereira Haikal, N ^a   Sampaio Pousa, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GERAL DE FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adamkiewicz; Aortic; Dissection; Painless; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 40849092859     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4603.2007557     Document Type: Article

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