Acute spinal cord injury

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-125

  Cortez, Ricardo ^b   Levi, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CETHRIN; DIAZEPAM; ENOXAPARIN; GACYCLIDINE; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NALOXONE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN; PLACEBO; PROCORD; PROTIRELIN; STEROID; TIRILAZAD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSING CARE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33847682319     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-007-0037-y     Document Type: Review

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