Long-Term Outcome of Acute Spinal Cord Ischemia Syndrome

Stroke

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 560-565

  Nedeltchev, Krassen ^a   Loher, Thomas J ^a   Stepper, Frank ^a   Arnold, Marcel ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Sturzenegger, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal artery syndrome; Outcome; Spinal cord ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLADDER FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBOLISM; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SPINE DISEASE; WALKING; WALKING AID; WHEELCHAIR;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SWITZERLAND; SYNDROME; TIME; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC;

EID: 0842332350     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000111598.78198.EC     Document Type: Article

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