Civilian spinal cord injuries due to terror explosions

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 814-818

  Zeilig, G ^a,c   Weingarden, H P ^a,c   Zwecker, M ^a,c   Rubin Asher, D ^a   Ratner, A ^a   Ohry, A ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Rehabilitation Ward   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

blast injuries; rehabilitation outcomes; spinal cord injury; terrorism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TERRORISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLAST INJURIES; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERRORISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149285469     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.22     Document Type: Article

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