Coadministration of methylprednisolone with hypertonic saline solution improves overall neurological function and survival rates in a chronic model of spinal cord injury

Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1427-1433

  Legos, Jeffrey J ^a   Gritman, Kurt R ^a   Tuma, Ronald F ^a   Young, William F ^a   Hodge Jr , Charles J ^a   Bullock, M Ross ^a   Fessler, Richard G ^a  

^a Fort Wayne Neurological Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Hypertonic saline; Leukocytes; Methylprednisolone; Neurological outcome; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEROID THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035720524     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200112000-00022     Document Type: Article

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