Role of glycemia in acute spinal cord injury. Data from a rat experimental model and clinical experience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 890, Issue , 1999, Pages 133-154

  Sala, Francesco ^a,c   Menna, Gaetano ^b   Bricolo, Albino ^a   Young, Wise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA;

EID: 0033387735     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07989.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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