Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injuries: A Study in the Spinal Unit, Siriraj Hospital, Thailand, 1997-2000

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1116-1121

  Kuptniratsaikul, Vilai ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Barthel Index Score; Depression; Length of Stay; Spinal Cord Injury; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX SCORE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THAILAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542358970     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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