The neurological outcome of acute spinal cord injury in a neurosurgical hospital of a developing country

Spinal Cord

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 353-356

  Brasil, Albert V B ^a   Coelho, Danilo Gonçalves ^b  

^a Hosp São José ISCMPA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Developing country; Neurological outcome; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031918905     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100630     Document Type: Article

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