Spine and spinal cord emergencies: Vascular and infectious causes

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 639-650

  Wang, Vincent Y ^a   Chou, Dean ^a   Chin, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal cord emergencies; Spine infections; Spine vascular emergencies

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GADOLINIUM;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; EMERGENCIES; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 77958182050     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2010.07.006     Document Type: Review

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