Care of post-traumatic spinal cord injury patients in India: An analysis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-299

  Pandey, V ^a   Nigam, V ^a,b   Goyal, T ^a   Chhabra, H ^a  

^a INDIAN SPINAL INJURIES CENTRE   (India)

^b Jagdambe Apartments ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Pre hospital care; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injury; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349024637     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.36990     Document Type: Article

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