Clinical course of spontaneous spinal epidural haematoma mimicking Guillain-Barré syndrome in a child: A case report and literature view

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 838-842

  Çakir, Ertuǧrul ^a   Karaarslan, Gökalp ^a   Usul, Haydar ^a   Baykal, Süleyman ^a   Kuzeyli, Kayhan ^a   Mungan, Ilke ^a   Yazar, Uǧur ^a   Peksoylu, Bekircan ^a   Aynaci, Müjgan ^a   Çakir, Feraye ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 9244232879     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001216220400146X     Document Type: Article

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