The reliability of differentiating neurogenic claudication from vascular claudication based on symptomatic presentation

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 372-377

  Nadeau, Mélissa ^a   Rosas Arellano, M Patricia ^a,b   Gurr, Kevin R ^a,b   Bailey, Stewart I ^a,b   Taylor, David C ^a   Grewal, Ruby ^a   Lawlor, D Kirk ^a   Bailey, Chris S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84893045485     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.016512     Document Type: Article

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