An evaluation of the factors affecting neurological recovery following spinal cord injury

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 545-548

  Poynton, A R ^a,c   O'Farrell, D A ^a   Shannon, F ^a   Murray, P ^a   McManus, F ^a   Walsh, M G ^b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b National Rehabilitation Hospital   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031409984     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00090-9     Document Type: Article

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