The relationship between the functional abilities of patients with cervical spinal cord injury and the severity of damage revealed by MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 926-934

  Flanders, Adam E ^a,b   Spettell, Claire M ^a   Friedman, David P ^a   Marino, Ralph J ^a   Herbison, Gerald J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0032748016     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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