Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 248-250 , September 2009

Tetraplegia Following Bilateral Medial Medullary Infarction

  • Chien-Liang Liu
    • ,
  • Sheng-Huang Lin

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of neurology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 3 June 2008 ,Revised 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 14 November 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60048-3

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60048-3

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 248-250 , September 2009

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