Late mortality during the first year after acute traumatic spinal cord injury: A prospective, population-based study

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-127

  Divanoglou, Anestis ^a   Westgren, Ninni ^a,b   Seiger, Åke ^a   Hulting, Claes ^a,b   Levi, Richard ^a,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Rehab Station Stockholm   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Greece; Nordic Spinal Cord Injury Registry; Outcomes; Spinal cord injuries, traumatic, complications, mortality; Stockholm Thessaloniki acute traumatic spinal cord injury study; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952961315     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2010.11689686     Document Type: Article

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