Environmentally responsive temperature instability in pediatric spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 705-709

  McLean, D E ^c   Kearney, J ^a   Cawley, M F ^b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Avon Grove Pediatric Associates   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Hypothermia; Pediatric spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REHABILITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0032727920     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100888     Document Type: Article

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