Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality in children, 2 decades later

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1325-1342

  Pang, Dachling ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electrophysiological data; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mechanism of injury; Outcome predictions; Pediatric trauma; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BED REST; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRUSH TRAUMA; EDEMA; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FALLING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SYNDROME; TIME;

EID: 10044293218     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000143030.85589.E6     Document Type: Review

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