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Abstract
This is the first case report on the diagnosis of spinal cord injury due to hemorrhage
during the neonatal period using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Somatosensory evoked
potentials are also helpful in the functional demonstration of this lesion. When discrepant
signs, alert consciousness and intact cranial nerves are observed in newborn babies
with flaccid extremities and respiratory disturbance, the immediate carrying out of
MRI is mandatory in order to differentiate spinal cord injury from hypoxic-ischemic
encephalopathy, cerebral hemorrhage, and neuromuscular disease.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
September 1,
1993
Received:
February 12,
1993
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© 1994 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. Published by Elsevier Inc.
