Cocaine-induced spinal cord infarction

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 993, 2008, Pages 391-

  Jumma, Odai ^a,c   Koulaouzidis, Anastasios ^b   Ferguson, Iain T ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Bangor General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LABETALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 50249182186     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.062224     Document Type: Article

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