Anterior spinal artery syndrome in a girl with down syndrome: Case report and literature review

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-354

  Sohal, Aman Singh ^a   Sundaram, Manu ^a   Mallewa, Mac ^a   Tawil, Mohamed ^a   Kneen, Rachel ^a  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal artery syndrome; Down syndrome; Myelopathy, acute; Paralysis; Rehabilitation; Spasticity; Spinal cord infarction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL REFLEX; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TENDON LESION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 68549088846     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2009.11760789     Document Type: Article

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