The acute and chronic management of spinal cord injury

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 603-618

  Belanger, Eric ^a   Levi, Allan D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCIES; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0034060029     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(00)00240-4     Document Type: Review

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