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Epidural bleed and quadriplegia due to acquired platelet dysfunction unrelated to multiple spinal and epidural puncture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

T. P. Weber ,
H. Van Aken ,
B. E. Kehrel ,
A. Meiβner ,
T. Brüssel ,
V. Bullmann ,
W. Winkelmann ,
W. Heindel  and
N. Rolf
T. P. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
H. Van Aken
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
B. E. Kehrel
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
A. Meiβner
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
T. Brüssel
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, The Canberra Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
V. Bullmann
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
W. Winkelmann
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
W. Heindel
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Münster, Munster, Germany
N. Rolf
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Marienkrankenhaus GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , April 2003 , pp. 333 - 336
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© 2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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