Stroke following Epidural Injections-Case Report and Review of Literature

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-121

  Popescu, Alexandra ^a   Lai, Daniel ^a   Lu, Angela ^a   Gardner, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infarction; Spinal cord; Steroids

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SHOULDER PAIN; SPINAL CORD INFARCTION; VIBRATION SENSE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUNCTURES; STEROIDS; STROKE;

EID: 84872607716     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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