PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 10 , Pages 975-976 , October 2009

Autonomic Dysreflexia Caused by Anal Fissure

  • Kara Flavin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, CA†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: K.F., 569 Mountain View Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94041
    • ,
  • Yumi Ando, MD

      Affiliations

    • Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA‡
    • ,
  • Jeffrey Teraoka, MD

      Affiliations

    • VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA§

Received 26 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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PII: S1934-1482(09)01363-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.09.007

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