Spinal cord lipid levels in a porcine model of spinal cord decompression sickness

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-328

  Sharpe, R P ^a   Broome, J R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression illness; Decompression sickness; Pigs; Porcine; Spinal cord; Total lipid

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHEMISTRY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE MODEL; MYELIN SHEATH; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEMORRHAGE; LIPIDS; MYELIN SHEATH; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SWINE;

EID: 0031300416     PISSN: 10662936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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