Neoplastic myelopathies and traumatic spinal cord lesions: An Italian comparison of functional and neurological outcomes

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 799-805

  Scivoletto, G ^a,c   Lapenna, L M ^b   Di Donna, V ^a   Laurenza, L ^a   Sterzi, S ^b   Foti, C ^c   Molinari, M ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

neoplastic spinal cord lesion; outcomes; traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION IMPAIRMENT SCALE; AMERICAN SPINAL INJURY ASSOCIATION STANDARD; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEOPLASM; NEOPLASTIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURVIVAL; TRAUMATIC SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WALKING INDEX FOR SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 79959869121     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.6     Document Type: Article

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