Subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord caused by nitrous oxide anaesthesia

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-76

  Renard, Dimitri ^a   Dutray, Anais ^a   Remy, Anouck ^a   Castelnovo, Giovanni ^a   Labauge, Pierre ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; MRI; Nitrous oxide; Spinal cord; Subacute combined degeneration; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMIFACIAL ATROPHY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CAUSALITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NITROUS OXIDE; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 60449113636     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0013-2     Document Type: Article

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