Spinal cord injury after electrical trauma treated in a burn unit

Burns

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 449-452

  Arévalo, José M ^a   Lorente, José A ^a   Balseiro Gómez, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burns; Electrical injury; Lighting; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

EID: 18744426236     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00193-4     Document Type: Article

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