Recovery of neurologic function following nontraumatic spinal cord lesions in Israel

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 2278-2282

  Catz, Amiram ^a,b   Goldin, Diana ^c   Fishel, Beno ^c   Ronen, Jacob ^a,b   Bluvshtein, Vadim ^a   Gelernter, Ilana ^b  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neurologic deficit; Nontraumatic spinal cord lesion; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; ISCHEMIA; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944365321     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000142008.49907.c7     Document Type: Article

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