Determining prognosis after spinal cord injury

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-23

  Vazquez, Xoan Miguens ^a   Rodriguez, Maria Sol ^b   Peñaranda, Jose Manuel Suarez ^b   Concheiro, Luis ^b   Barus, Jose Ignacio Muñoz ^b  

^a Hospital de Monforte   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Medico legal assessment; Neurological improvement; Posttraumatic spinal cord injury; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 37149024707     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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