Acute Neurologic Decompression Illness in Pigs: Lesions of the Spinal Cord and Brain

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-57

  Dick Jr , Edward J ^a,b   Broome, Jonathan R ^a   Hayward, Isaac J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBELLUM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SWINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIVING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 0031025364     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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