Injectable corticosteroid preparations: An embolic risk assessment by static and dynamic microscopic analysis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1830-1835

  MacMahon, Peter J ^a   Shelly, M J ^a   Scholz, D ^b   Eustace, S J ^a   Kavanagh, E C ^a  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 81555226644     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2656     Document Type: Article

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