Controversies in the Treatment of Central Cord Injuries

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 260-271

  Fong, Winston ^a   Eismont, Frank J ^a  

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

Author keywords

central; cord; injury; spinal; spine; syndrome

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; NALOXONE; NIMODIPINE; PROTIRELIN; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; RILUZOLE; TIRILAZAD;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE FUSION;

EID: 36549077762     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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