Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of persons with traumatic paraplegia living in São Paulo, Brazil

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 67, Issue 2 B, 2009, Pages 388-390

  Blanes, Leila ^a   Lourenço, Lana ^a   Carmagnani, Maria Isabel Sampaio ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caractheristics; Paraplegia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECUBITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PARAPLEGIA; SEX RATIO; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 68049102212     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2009000300003     Document Type: Article

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