Infarct of the right basal ganglia in a male spinal cord injury patient: Adverse effect of autonomic dysreflexia

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 666-672

  Vaidyanathan, Subramanian ^a   Soni, Bakul M ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^a   Hughes, Peter L ^a   Pulya, Kamesh ^a   Oo, Tun ^a  

^a DISTRICT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic dysreflexia; Basal ganglia; Intermittent catheterisation; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; BISACODYL; DOXAZOSIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PEPPERMINT OIL; PROPIVERINE; SENNA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BLADDER SPASM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVENING DOSAGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; MALE; PARAPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNCOPE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79955142288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.55     Document Type: Article

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