TY - JOUR PY - 1979// TI - Traumatic asphyxia: an unusual cause of traumatic coma and paraplegia. Case report JO - Journal of neurosurgery A1 - Ectors, P. A1 - Bosschaert, T. A1 - Vincent, G. A1 - Franken, L. SP - 375 EP - 378 VL - 51 IS - 3 N2 - An unusual case of traumatic asphyxia with cerebral and spinal cord symptoms is presented. A survey of the literature indicates that a primary cord lesion is very rare as a consequence of such a trauma. The possible pathogenetic mechanisms of these neurological manifestations are discussed.
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LA - en SN - 0022-3085 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/jns.1979.51.3.0375 ID - ref1 ER -