Transient quadriparesis after electric shock.
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Transient quadriparesis after electric shock.
A case of acute transient flaccid quadriparesis after a low voltage electric shock is reported. The patient recovered completely with in three days.
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عنوان ژورنال: Emergency Medicine Journal
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1472-0205,1472-0213
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.5.376