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Spinal Cord Infarction and Patent Foramen Ovale: Is There a Link?

Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is an uncommon but important cause of acute myelopathy. Nevertheless, contrary to cerebral stroke, the discussion about paradoxical embolism as a cause of cryptogenic SCI remains dubious. We describe the case of a 24-year-old woman who developed sudden-onset back pain fo...

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Autores principales: Mendonça, Marcelo, Correia, Ana Sofia, Luís, Ana, Soares, Pedro, Calado, Sofia, Viana-Baptista, Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105946/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25076895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000364900