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Quadriplegia complicating parenteral nutrition

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An infant developed quadriplegia during parenteral hyperalimentation from spinal cord injury secondary to inferior vena caval thrombosis and a subsequent caval-cerebrospinal fluid communication.

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  1. Fritz M. Karrer

    Present address: Department of Surgery, Children's Memorial Hospital, 60614, Chicago, IL, USA

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  1. Department of Surgery C314, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, 80262, Denver, CO, USA

    Stephen K. Greenholz, Fritz M. Karrer & John R. Lilly

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Greenholz, S.K., Karrer, F.M. & Lilly, J.R. Quadriplegia complicating parenteral nutrition. Pediatr Surg Int 3, 64–65 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177084

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