Traumatic spinal cord injury: A neuropathological study on the longitudinal spreading of the lesions

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Ito, Takui ^a,b   Oyanagi, Kiyomitsu ^a   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Ikuta, Fusahiro ^a,c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Niigata University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Increased intramedullary pressure; Pencil shaped necrosis; Post traumatic syringomyelia; Spinal cord; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0030636606     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050577     Document Type: Article

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