Pathogenesis of Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Theoretical Bases of Neurological Recovery

Surgical Management of Spinal Cord Injury: Controversies and Consensus

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-17

  Amar, Arun Paul ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental models; Ischemia; Neurological recovery; Pathogenesis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862611562     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470753163.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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