Animal model for investigation of spinal cord injury caused by aortic cross-clamping

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 47-52

  Qayumi, A K ^a,b   Janusz, M T ^a   Lyster, D M ^a   Gillespie, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model; Aortic aneurysm; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SWINE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030958139     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939709032125     Document Type: Article

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