Lesson of the Week: False localising signs in the spinal cord

BMJ

Volumn 312, Issue 7025, 1996, Pages 243-

  Jamieson, D R S ^a   Teasdale, E ^a   Willison, H J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMACYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMACYTOMA; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85007661499     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7025.243     Document Type: Article

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