Relevance of the diagnosis traumatic cervical Brown-Séquard-plus syndrome: An analysis based on the neurological and functional recovery in a prospective cohort of 148 patients

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 614-618

  Pouw, M H ^a   Van De Meent, H ^a   Van Middendorp, J J ^a   Hirschfeld, S ^a   Thietje, R ^a   Van Kampen, A ^a   Hosman, A J F ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brown S quard syndrome; brown S quard plus syndrome; functional recovery; neurological recovery; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; WEAKNESS; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955471224     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.189     Document Type: Article

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