Perspectives on the treatment of the longitudinal spinal cord injury

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn JUL, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Carlstedt, Thomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional recovery; Nerve plexus; Root avulsion; Spinal cord injury; Spinal cord surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865801306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2010.00011     Document Type: Article

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