Management of spinal cord compression caused by extramedullary hematopoiesis in beta-thalassemia

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1125-1128

  Moncef, Berhouma ^a   Hafedh, Jemel ^b  

^a HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^b Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Compression; Hematopoiesis; Spinal cord; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BETA THALASSEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLONUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPLENOMEGALY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 48049097302     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0890     Document Type: Article

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