Infarct of the Right Basal Ganglia in a Male Spinal Cord Injury Patient: Adverse Effect of Autonomic Dysreflexia
Autonomic dysreflexia is a clinical emergency that occurs in individuals with spinal cord injury at level T-6 and above. We present a 58-year-old male patient with paraplegia who developed a severe, recurrent, throbbing headache during the night, which was relieved by emptying the urinary bladder by...
Main Authors: | Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni, Gurpreet Singh, Peter L. Hughes, Kamesh Pulya, Tun Oo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2011.55 |
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