Nitrous oxide myelopathy in a pediatric patient

Mei-Hua Hu1, Go-Shine Huang, Chang-Teng Wu

  • 1From the *Department of General Pediatric, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, †Department of Pediatric, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Keelung, and ‡Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan; §Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Nei-Hu, Taipei; and ∥Department of Pediatric Neurology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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