Relation between right-to-left shunts and spinal cord decompression sickness in divers (International Journal of Sports Medicine (2008) DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038844);Relation between right-to-left shunts and spinal cord decompression sickness in divers

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 150-153

  Gempp, Emmanuel ^a   Blatteau, J E ^b   Stephant, E ^b   Louge, P ^b  

^a Institute of Naval Medicine   (France)

^b Ste Anne's Military Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving; Right to left shunting; Spinal cord; Transcranial doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIVING; ECHOGRAPHY; FRANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 62349132262     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1039177     Document Type: Erratum

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