Infections of the spinal cord

CNS Infections: A Clinical Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 181-210

  Carod Artal, Francisco Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidural abscess; Gnathostomiasis; HTLV 1 virus; Infectious myelopathy; Poliomyelitis; Schistosomiasis; Spinal cord infection; Tropical spastic paraparesis; Vacuolar myelopathy; Viral myelitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934273384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-6401-2_10     Document Type: Chapter

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