Vascular mechanisms in the pathophysiology of human spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 483-492

  Tator, Charles H ^b   Koyanagi, Izumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

acute spinal cord injury; humans; pathology; vascular lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0031017950     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.3.0483     Document Type: Article

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